Find Spot record 0067700001 - CURSLEY HILL, NR BISHOPSTONE

Summary

Saxon metalwork found in a sandpit in the nineteenth century

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0021 mm
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
2 SAUCER FIBULAE (B2). 2 SMALL BUCKS SAUCER BROOCHES. CAST IN 1 PIECE FROM THE SAME MOULD. STILL BEARING TRACES OF ORIGINAL GILDING. 'CHIPCARVING' STYLE OF ORNAMENT. DATED TYPOLOGICALLY BY WRITER TO EARLY C6 (B6).

Sources (2)

  • <2>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <6>SBC6310 Article in serial: J F Head. 1959. 'RE-EXAMINATION OF A PAIR OF A/S SAUCER BROOCHES FROM BISHOPSTONE & THEIR IMPLICATIONS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP291-294. Vol 16, part 4.

Location

Grid reference SP 79900 11000 (point)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SAUCER BROOCH (5th Century Saxon to 6th Century - 410 AD to 599 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12042)

Record last edited

Oct 23 2009 1:35PM

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