Record ID: LIN-6D8533
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hinge, possibly from a casket or similar container. The object is triangular in plan, plano-convex in cross-section and has two incomplete rear-ward curving arms extending from the wide end. The perimeter of the body is decorated with a line of pellets in niello. There is a circular rivet hole in the centre of the body. The terminal of the object is in the form of an animals head with a pierced loop for a snout. The ears are shown by two pronounced knobs. The forehead and eyebrows are faceted. This object is similar to two other mounts from Suffolk recorded on the P…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.