Record Details

NHER Number:34685
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Early Saxon drinking horn terminal

Summary

A copper alloy terminal from a drinking horn dating from the 7th century found during metal detecting.

Images

  • An Early Saxon terminal from a drinking horn from Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TG 50 15
Map Sheet:TG51NW
Parish:ORMESBY ST MARGARET WITH SCRATBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

1998. Metal detecting.
Early 7th century drinking horn terminal (S1).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 June 1999.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • DRINKING HORN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Holness, A.. 1999. Drawing of a Middle Saxon copper alloy terminal from a drinking horn.. Card. 1:1.

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