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Monument Number 12428
Hob Uid: 12428
Location : Cumbria Eden Kirkoswald
Grid Ref : NY5900041000
Summary : Hoard of DA coins & Saxon brooch
More information : A hoard of over 700 Stycas (Eanred and Ethelred) together with a Saxon brooch, which is now in the British Museum, were found in the parish of Kirkoswald (NY 5941) Cumberland in 1808. Six copper Stycas of Eanred and Ethelred were donated to the museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle in 1814. They came from a large earthen vessel full of similar coins found beneath the roots of a fallen tree near Kirkoswald, Cumberland, (Probably from the above hoard.) (1-4)

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Source details : Magna Britannia 4 1816 ccviii (Lysons)
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Source details : Brit Num J 1st series 7 1910 334 (N Heywood)
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Source details : Arch Ael 1 1822 List of Donations p3
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : AS Ornamental Metalwork (B M Guide) 1964 139-140 (D M Wilson)
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Medieval
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Findspot
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Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : BROOCH, COIN HOARD
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 54 SE 5
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Monument Number 12428