Record Details

NHER Number:29738
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon metal objects, including a box mount model

Summary

A lead model for a Late Saxon box mount with a lobed terminal was found at this spot by metal detecting.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 22 12
Map Sheet:TG21SW
Parish:OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

February/March 1993. Metal detecting.
Very interesting lead half round cast object. ?A lead model for a Late Saxon box mount (S1), lobed terminal. Apparently symmetrical decoration.
See (S1).
I.D. S.Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 April 1993.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • MOULD (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1993. Drawing of a Late Saxon box mount. Film. 2:1.

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