NHER 17619 (Find Spot record) - Viking gold ring

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Summary

A Late Saxon or Viking twisted gold wire ring was found at this spot by metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70SW
Civil Parish BOUGHTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

February 1981. Metal detecting on stubble field.
Ring of twisted gold strands. Late Saxon or Viking.
Identified by Mrs Webster British Museum (Medieval and Late Antiquities).
Though type has occurred as late as the 12th century.
Information from (S1) and report in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 October 1981.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2022 8:54AM

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