NHER 31714 (Find Spot record) - Medieval harness pendant
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1995 recovered a 14th or 15th century harness pendant. It is gilded, highly decorated and features four projecting trefoils, three flowers in the centre and a lobe that may have held another pendant.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG03NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LETHERINGSETT WITH GLANDFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
November 1995. Metal detecting.
Lovely 14th/15th century gilded harness pendant, with four projecting trefoils, a suspension loop with moulded leaf on each side, and, opposite at base, a pierced projecting lobe, perhaps for another pendant. In centre in low relief three flowers on stalks springing from a transverse band.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 January 1996.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 1 2011 2:38PM