Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Treasure
Various
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
A find from a possible Anglo Saxon burial site and some unrelated Medieval items.
1-2) Two Anglo-Saxon gold pendants with Roman mosaic glass; 3) Anglo-Saxon gold spacer bead; 4-6) Three Anglo Saxon chatelaine fittings; 7-8) Two gilt bronze medieval belt fittings; 9) gilt bronze medieval dress fitting. The Medieval objects date from the 13th to 15th centuries.
Provenance
Discovered on land on the North Downs near Maidstone by a metal detector user and declared Treasure in 2003.