Record Details

NHER Number:31340
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval metal find

Summary

Metal detecting in 1994 recovered a medieval gilded copper alloy harness pendant decorated with the image of a horse and rider, the rider raising his sword.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 05 81
Map Sheet:TM08SE
Parish:SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1994. Metal detecting.
Gilded bronze circular harness pendant, horse and rider with sword raised in low relief on a pelleted ground. Suspension hole in projecting arm.
Polaroid (S1) in file.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 11 October 1994.
W. Milligan (NCM), 25 April 1994.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

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