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| HER Number: | 14131 |
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| Record Type: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Anglo Saxon Gilt-Bronze Disc or Escutcheon |
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| Grid Reference: | SP 348 215 |
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| Parish: | SPELSBURY, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE |
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Monument Type(s):
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Summary
Found in Court Close next to church in 1933. It may derive from a grave, ?C7th or later
Associated Monuments
| MOX3202 | Possible Medieval Shrunken Village/Manor House (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
FOX1468 - BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)Description
(1) Found in Court Close next to church in 1933. It may derive from a grave, ?C7th or later
(3) Disc, cast bronze, gilt in recesses, interlace pattern, diameter 4.6cm. No evidence of true pin. ?brooch or dress fastener
(4) Disc labelled as 'escutcheon'; discarded in 2015.
(5) Interlaced patterns are associated with late dates (late C7th or early C8th). This is of interest in view of the earliest documentary reference to the Spelsbury area: a Mercian royal charter of 840. Find is suggestive of high status residence
<1> Victoria County History of Oxford, Vol I (reprinted 1970) p.357, plate XXVIII c (Serial). SOX252.
<2> Local History Publications, Elsie Corbett: History of Spelsbury, pp.21-2 (Bibliographic reference). SOX291.
<3> Tania Dickinson, 1972, Anglo Saxon Burial Sites in the Upper Thames Basin, Vol II, p.76 (Index). SOX266.
<4> Ashmolean Museum, Letter from Arthur MacGregor (1991). (Artefact Identification). SOX322.
<5> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, Vol 21 (1991) pp.82-5 (Serial). SOX5.
Sources
| <1> | Victoria County History of Oxford. Vol I (reprinted 1970) p.357, plate XXVIII c. [Serial / SOX252] |
| <2> | Local History Publications. Elsie Corbett: History of Spelsbury, pp.21-2. [Bibliographic reference / SOX291] |
| <3> | Tania Dickinson. 1972. Anglo Saxon Burial Sites in the Upper Thames Basin. Vol II, p.76. [Index / SOX266] |
| <4> | Ashmolean Museum. Letter from Arthur MacGregor (1991).. [Artefact Identification / SOX322] |
| <5> | CBA South Midlands Group. South Midlands Archaeology. Vol 21 (1991) pp.82-5. [Serial / SOX5] |
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