Findspot - Migration period finds

Description of this historic site

Findspot - various objects dating to the Migration period were found 600m south west of Kinwarton Church.

Notes about this historic site

1 Find made in 1984 with a metal detector: Fragment of 6th century bronze brooch with incised/impressed circle decoration. This is similar in style to the disc brooches from the pagan Saxon cemetery at Stretton on Fosse and can be dated 550-650 AD.
2 Find made in 1992 with a metal detector: A late 9th century silver strap end or clothes fitting, in two fragments, with the design incised with zoomorphic decoration.
3 Illustration of this in FI file.

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