Record ID: NMS-06E591
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description Orthodox-cross-shaped early Medieval gold pendant. The pendant has an upper suspension loop fashioned from a four ribbed strip, formed into a circle and soldered across the top of a three-layered cross made from twisted wire. At the terminal end of each arm of the cross the middle layer of twisted wire is worked into an open trefoil arrangement. On each face of the cross a small spherical pellet of gold is affixed to the central interstice of each trefoil foil. One foil of the trefoil, at the end of the longest arm of the cross, is missing. On the rear face, at the in…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8D82BB
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold pendent cross with a ribbed suspension loop and with similar decoration on both faces. Each arm consists of four twisted rods and ends in a trefoil and at the crossing there is a pellet in each angle. Discussion: Barry Ager has noted that the object "belongs to a type associated with Greek Orthodoxy in the Eastern Baltic region and is connected with the spread of Christianity there in the Middle Ages. A very similar example, also with a ribbed loop, twisted rod arms, four pellets at the crossing and trefoil terminals is illustrated in Austin and Alcock (eds.) 1990, …
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.