Find Spot record MLI35102 - POSSIBLE LATE SAXON CLOTHES/PURSE FASTENER

Summary

POSSIBLE LATE SAXON CLOTHES/PURSE FASTENER

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 850 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A COPPER ALLOY HOOKED TAG (USED AS CLOTHES/PURSE FASTENERS IN SAXON AND MEDIEVAL TIMES) MADE FROM SHEET COPPER ALLOY CUT TO SHAPE AND DECORATED WITH CURVILINEAR MOTIFS. THE TRIANGULAR HEAD AND DECORATIVE MOTIFS CAN BE PARALLELED TO SOME LATE SAXON EXAMPLES (C.1000 AD). IT WAS FOUND BY A METAL DETECTORIST, IN 1994. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Index: 1994. SOUTH KESTEVEN RECORDS. FULBECK. -,1994, -.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 945 502 (point)
Civil Parish FULBECK, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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