Record Details

NHER Number:29301
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval horse harness pendant

Summary

In 1992 a medieval horse harness pendant was found in a vegetable garden.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 0072 8087
Map Sheet:TM08SW
Parish:GARBOLDISHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1992. In onion bed while weeding. Common Farm, Smallworth Common.
Medieval eight armed gilded bronze horse harness pendant, the 8th arm being the suspension loop. Each arm ends in a fleur de lis or a shell shaped terminal alternating. Central square field is divided by an equal armed cross into four, each quadrant containing a heart shaped motif with blue enamel. Below the suspension loop is a moulded terminal of a slightly different form to the others (leaf shaped). One terminal missing (lis).
Polaroid (S1) in file.
S. Margeson (NCM), 3 November 1992.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---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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