Information for record number MWA3677:
Migration period gold object

Summary A gold object, probably from a scabbard, and dating to the Migration period was found in the area of Wibtoft.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Migration (410 AD - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wibtoft
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 87
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Source Number  

1 Gold jewel said to have been found near Wibtoft before 1862.
2 In 1862 Bloxam exhibited, from Wibtoft, an isolated find. A small gold ornament of conical form set with garnets of red vitreous paste, resembling the work of the Merovingian period. It was doubtless a scabbard ornament.
3 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
4 Apparently gives details of findspot history, a precis of which has been added to an old WA record sheet - this has been added to the FI file.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burials
Author/originator: Meaney A
Date: 1964
Page Number: 217
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Arch J
Author/originator:
Date: 1862
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: XIX
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 29NE1
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1967
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 29NE1
   
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source Arch J The Archaeological Journal is published by the Royal Archaeological Institute. It presents the results of archaeological and architectural survey and fieldwork on sites and monuments of all periods as well as overviews of such work. The journal is published annually. back
source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back

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