Monument record FLW 004 - Findspot of an Anglo-Saxon gilded bronze strap end of Carolingian type with 5 silvered bosses

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Summary

Gilded bronze strap end of Carolingian type of C10, with five silvered bosses (caps on top of bosses).

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Grid reference Centred TM 0759 4645 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM04NE
Civil Parish FLOWTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Gilded bronze strap end of Carolingian type of C10, with five silvered bosses (caps on top of bosses). Symmetrical geometric decoration with four lozenge shaped motifs within lozenge shaped fields formed by ?tendrils projecting from bosses. Shield shaped with four attachment holes parallel to straight strap edge (two with rivets surviving). Found with metal detector during charity metal detecting rally, circa June 1990 (S1)(S2).
Also Rom coin.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): NAU, Rogerson A, letter to SAU, August 1990, photo.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1)(S2).
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, finds ID record, August 1990.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 7 2014 10:46AM

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