Find Spot record 0071400000 - OVING

Summary

Unlocated findspot of Saxon metalwork found somewhere in Oving.

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Bronze enamelled escutcheon, Celtic design (B1).
Enamelled disc, ornamented on 1 face with graceful scrolls distinguishable from early Anglo-Saxon work (B2).
Main design in red interspersed with yellow spots (B3).
Perhaps used as sort of hanging lamp (B6).
Reused as a pendant (B7).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC1097 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1860.
  • <2>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp195-196 & illustration.
  • <3>SBC7388 Bibliographic reference: LEEDS E T 1933 CELTIC ORNAMENT PP149,151,163.
  • <4>SBC466 Bibliographic reference: ANTIQUITY 1932 6 PP169FF.
  • <5>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p316.
  • <6>SBC6356 Article in serial: HENRY F 1936 HANGING BOWLS IN ROYALSOCIETYOFANTIQUARIESOFIRELANDJOURNAL66PP209-246"".
  • <7>SBC5431 Article in monograph: E Fowler. 1968. FOWLER E 1968 'HANGING BOWLS', IN COLES J M & SIMPSOND D A (EDS) 'STUDIES IN ANCIENT EUROPE' PP287-310.
  • <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.

Location

Grid reference SP 79 22 (point)
Civil Parish OVING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANGING BOWL (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 11:35AM

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