Findspot - Medieval metal finds
Findspot - various finds, including three buckles, were found 300m north east of the sewage works, Salford Priors. The finds were of Medieval date.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1985: Seven pieces of scrap bronze including the foot of a Medieval cauldron (this sort of material was collected and re-smelted by bronzesmiths); hexagonal coin weight, probably 15th – 16th century; Edward IV groat of London (1480-3); Henry VII half-groat of York (1501-7); cast bronze crucifix with (?ebony) inlay and traces of surface silvering – may be late Medieval; sheet bronze strap end with chased design – probably Medieval; three double buckles, one probably 13th – 14th century, the others late Medieval.
2 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2005-09-09T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Date found: 2006-03-31T23:00:00Z
Date found (2): 2006-05-07T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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