Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20857 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon object |
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Summary
An Early Saxon copper alloy personal ornament with a raised border and carved decoration found during metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 86 08 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80NE |
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| Parish: | NORTH PICKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1984. 50m south of south edge of settlement scatter NHER 13495.
Found with metal detecting in ploughsoil.
Gilt square plate with raised border and chip carved decoration. Central iron attachment stud, low stud at each corner, apparently not for attachment but to keep it away from whatever it was mounted to. Copper alloy.
A. Gregory (NAU) 27 October 1984
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: CQB19-22. |
Related records - none
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