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Unique ID: LEIC-437467
Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Medieval Gold and garnet pendant, Width 18mm; Height 27mm (incl loop); Thick 7mm; Weight 6.94 grams. Oval gold pendant with grooved attachment loop and set with a cabochon garnet. The plain back plate is framed by two beaded wire cables into which a plain, upright border is set. This holds a large garnet which is chipped in one place and shows some pitting on the front. The upright frame is cracked and damaged in places and the back plate is bent away from the stone in the upper part, near the loop. Discussion: Garnet pendants were a feature of the so-called 'Conversion Period' costume (Geake 1997, 39f). Often, several of them featured on a necklace, as for instance at Desborough, Northants., (Webster and Backhouse 1991, 28). The large gem stone from Shepshed has a recent parallel in a pendant from West Shropshire (Treasure Annual Report 2004, cat. no. 114).
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Charnwood Museum, Loughborough
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006T568
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 600
Date to: AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 6.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th October 2006
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2006T568
Museum accession number: X.A243.2007
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Secondary material: Gem
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
To be known as: Shepshed
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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