- Object name(s):
- Blacknall Field; sheild binding; bronze sheild binding
- Brief description:
- 1 box containing pieces of an Early Saxon bronze sheild binding, from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976.
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- archaeology
- Associated concept:
- early medieval
- Associated concept:
- early saxon
- Associated date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Associated date:
- Period
- Date - period:
- saxon
- Associated organisation:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Associated place:
- SU154582
- Place coordinates:
- SU154582
- Associated place:
- Pewsey
- Associated place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Associated place:
- Blacknall Field
- Association note:
- Finds from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976
- Association note:
- sponsor: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
- Condition:
- fair
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- depth
- Distinguishing features:
- Draft report, p 13 - 16, table 2 p 10, table 3 p 11
- Field collection date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Date - latest:
- 1976
- Field collection method:
- excavation
- Field collection place:
- Place context:
- Grave 34 found at feet of skeleton
- Field collection place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Field collection place:
- Pewsey
- Field collection place:
- Field collection place:
- Place reference number:
- 1990.1
- Field collection place:
- Blacknall Field
- Field collector:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Inscription content:
- 3 incised lines across binding at regular interval
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- copper alloy
- Number of objects:
- 1 box
- Object name:
- Blacknall Field; sheild binding; bronze sheild binding
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1990.1.151
- Use reference number:
- previous number
- User's reference:
- Final excavation report by Bruce Eagles expected December 2006
- User's reference:
- The Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire
- Reference author / editor:
- Annable, F K and B N Eagles
- Reference publication date:
- 2010
- Reference publisher:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a6de47ad-f90c-38bc-946a-54c8e7f22742
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a6de47ad-f90c-38bc-946a-54c8e7f22742, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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