Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14331 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon pendant from northwest of Ickburgh church |
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Summary
An Early Saxon gilt copper alloy pendant was found. The pendant is decorated with animal heads.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 81 95 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89NW |
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| Parish: | ICKBURGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1978? Northwest of Ickburgh church.
Originally described as Mundford or Bealings, Suffolk.
Gilt bronze pendant decorated with animal heads and interlace in style II, (S1).
Cast and photograph NCM.
Offered for sale to NCM by [1] who later withdrew offer on 'finder's instructions'.
1983.
[2] told A. Gregory (NAU) that he had found the object at above grid reference and that it had been sold through a London dealer. The Bealings provenance was apparently nothing more than a conjecture by A. Lawson (NAU).
A. Gregory (NAU), October 1983.
April 2009.
See email and prints of slides in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 April 2009
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of an Early Saxon gilt copper alloy pendant. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
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