A C7 GOLD PENDANT DECORATED WITH FILIGREE AND TWO GARNET SETTINGS. ADJUDGED NOT TREASURE TROVE AT LINCOLN 17/10/1979. {1} IN MAY 1979 A GOLD PENDANT WAS FOUND AT GRANGE FARM, GLENTHAM, BY THE FARMER. THE PENDANT IS DROP-SHAPED, WITH A LOOP FOR SUSPENSION AND HAS TWO GARNETS SET ONE ABOVE THE OTHER IN COLLARS OF SHEET GOLD: THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 23MM, GREATEST WIDTH 14MM. THE WEIGHT IS 2.275G. THE BACK IS OF GOLD SHEET WHICH IS FOLDED OVER AT THE TOP TO FORM A CORRUGATED SUSPENSION LOOP. THE EDGES ARE DEFINED BY TWO STRANDS OF GOLD WIRE, THE OUTER ONE TWISTED AND THE INNER BEADED. ON THE CENTRE LINE ARE TWO SUB-TRIANGULAR GARNETS, THE UPPER EN CABOCHON AND THE LOWER CUT FLAT. EACH GARNET IS SET IN A COLLAR OF THIN SHEET GOLD WHICH IS SECURED BY A PLAIN GOLD WIRE TWISTED TOGETHER AND TIGHTENED AT THE TOP. AROUND THE BASE OF EACH SETTING IS A RIBBED GOLD WIRE WHILE THE SPACE BETWEEN THIS AND THE EDGE IS FILLED IN WITH AN UNTIDY PATTERN OF FILIGREE SPIRALS AND LOOPS, ALSO IN RIBBED WIRE. THE PENDANT WAS FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLOUGH SOIL ON A SITE WHICH HAS PRODUCED EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANTIAL ROMAN OCCUPATION (PRN 50573), AND IN 1977 A SMALL-LONG BROOCH OF C5 DATE WAS ALSO FOUND HERE (PRN 51046). THERE IS SO FAR NO MATERIAL TO ACCOMPANY THE PENDANT. IT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED WHETHER IT WAS LOST OR WAS PART OF A GRAVE-GROUP. {2}{3}{4}{5}