Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30450 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval metal find |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1993 recovered a medieval ornamental square harness pendant with surviving blue and red enamel.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 07 18 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NE |
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| Parish: | SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November/December 1993. Metal detecting.
A lovely medieval ornamental square harness pendant with a suspension loop was recovered. It has half red, half blue enamel and a gilded three-branched plant in the centre, each branch ending in a bunch of grapes. There is also a stamped gilded circle in each corner.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 March 1994.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101. |
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