Monument record MLI51450 - UNLOCATED FINDS OF EARLY SAXON METALWORK

Summary

UNLOCATED FINDS OF EARLY SAXON METALWORK

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 649 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

AN ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE WRIST-CLASP DECORATED WITH CROSS-SHAPED STAMPS AND RAISED BOSSES, AND A FRAGMENT OF AN ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE CRUCIFORM BROOCH FOOT-PLATE, OF ABERG GROUP III OR IV, DECORATED WITH SMALL CRESCENTIC STAMPS AND WITH THE 'NOSTRILS' STRONGLY DEVELOPED BUT THE RELIEF VERY LOW, THERE IS A TRACE OF THE CATCH-PLATE ON THE REAR; REPORTED BY SCUNTHORPE MUSEUM IN 1978. {1}{2} KEVIN LEAHY SUGGESTS THAT THE FINDS ARE PROBABLY FROM AN INHUMATION BURIAL - POSSIBLY A CEMETERY. MORE RECENTLY A HANGING-BOWL HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE SAME PARISH BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF THEY ARE FROM THE SAME LOCATION (SEE PRN 51451). {3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. INGHAM. SK 98 SE:-,1978, WHITE, A.J..
  •  Correspondence: LEAHY, K.A.. 1979. PARISH FILE. INGHAM.
  •  Photograph: PARISH FILE. INGHAM. -.
  •  Article in Monograph: LEAHY, K. A.. 1993. PRE-VIKING LINDSEY. p30, 40.

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Civil Parish INGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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