Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17619 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Viking gold ring |
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Summary
A Late Saxon or Viking twisted gold wire ring was found at this spot by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70SW |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1981. Metal detecting on stubble field.
Ring of twisted gold strands. Late Saxon or Viking.
Identified by Mrs Webster British Museum (Medieval and Late Antiquities).
Though type has occurred as late as the 12th century.
Information from (S1) and report in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 October 1981.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map. |
Related records - none
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