Record Details

NHER Number:14409
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval buckle and harness

Summary

A medieval harness and buckle, made of copper alloy, found by metal detecting.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 16 00
Map Sheet:TG10SE
Parish:BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1978.
Found with metal detecting 20cm deep in old park of Hethel Hall, NHER 9508.
Copper alloy and gilt decorative pendant from harness with fleur-de-lys hinged in centre.
See (S1 and S2).

1980.
Same site.
Found with metal detecting.
Late medieval double copper alloy buckle, one loop missing.
S. Margeson (NCM) June 1980.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

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

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Correspondence: Griffiths, N. 1983. Letter about enclosed illustration copies of horse harness pendants. 25 January.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1979. Medieval Horse-harness Fittings from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 227-228. p 227.
<S2>Illustration: Milligan, W.. 1978. Drawing of a medieval horse harness pendant.. Card. 1:1.

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