Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32085 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Ornamented medieval harness pendants |
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Summary
Two ornamented medieval harness pendants, one bronze and gold, the other enamelled bronze were recovered in 1992, possibly from dredgings from Oxborough Hall moat.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1992. Metal-detecting.
'Believed to be' from spoil from Oxborough Hall moat where spread over neighbouring fields [1].
Two ornamented medieval harness pendants, one bronze and gold, the other enamelled bronze. See secondary file and sketches (S1).
Both objects donated to King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1993.17 and KILLM : 1993.18).
Finder 'an American friend' of donor, who did not answer letters asking for exact location. L. Brewster (KLM).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 November 1996.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (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> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Sketches of heraldic pendants, badges and mounts in the King's Lynn Museum. Paper. Not to scale. |
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