Record Details
| NHER Number: | 37657 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval horse harness pendant |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered a medieval shield-shaped copper alloy gilt horse harness pendant. The pendant depicts an enamel coat of arms, probably those of Warenne, Earls of Surrey.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 05 10 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01SE |
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| Parish: | MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November-December 2002. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval copper alloy gilt harness pendant (shield-shaped, suspension-loop broken, enamel and much of surface of metal missing. Blazon: Checky Or and [?Azure]. Although the enamel is missing the arms represented here are most likely to be those of Warenne, Earls of Surrey (and therefore the missing enamel would have been blue)).
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA). see description in file and (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 January 2003.
Amended by J.Page (HES), 18 March 2014.
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> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
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