An Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found near a site where a similar item worth £145,000 was dug up, probably belonged to a woman of "high social status".
The Winfarthing Pendant was found in 2014 near Diss in Norfolk.
The latest pendant, with a central cross motif, was found in 2017 and it has been declared treasure.
Anglo-Saxon gold pendant found in Norfolk declared treasure
BBC News
17 March 2019
The gold pendant would have belonged to a "high status woman", like the famous Winfarthing Pendant
An Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found near a site where a similar item worth £145,000 was dug up, probably belonged to a woman of "high social status".
The Winfarthing Pendant was found in 2014 near Diss in Norfolk.
The latest pendant, with a central cross motif, was found in 2017 and it has been declared treasure.
Julie Shoemark, Norfolk's finds liaison officer, said it made a "valuable contribution to our understanding of Saxon society".
Anglo-Saxon villages featured wooden housing, similar to this recreation at West Stow in Suffolk
In 2014, a student found Anglo-Saxon jewellery, including a pendant, at Winfarthing, later valued by the government's Portable Antiquities Scheme at £145,000.
'Immense' social change
The more recently discovered pendant, which features gold bead work and measures 17mm (0.67in) by 13mm (0.5in), is believed to date from the late-6th Century to the mid-7th.
Ms Shoemark, from Norfolk County Council's archaeology department, said: "Like the Winfarthing assemblage, this piece most likely belonged to a high-status lady.
"It dates to an important turning point in Saxon history during the first flowering of Christianity [in England] and is of similar date to the jewellery assemblage from the now famous and nearby Winfarthing burial.
"Male graves of this period appear to be entirely lacking in elaborate jewellery.
"This latest pendant makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Saxon society, religion and the position of women during a period of immense social and cultural change."
It has been declared treasure at an inquest at held by the Norfolk Coroner's Office, and it will now be valued by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The Winfarthing Pendant (both sides pictured) was constructed from a sheet of gold and attached with gold cells, set with garnets
Similar items had been found in collections left in Anglo-Saxon graves across the east of England and Kent.
The Winfarthing Pendant, discovered by student-turned-archaeologist Tom Lucking, has recently been on show at The British Library in London.
Treasure experts described it as having "national significance" shortly after it was discovered.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-47435954
The Winfarthing Pendant was found in 2014 near Diss in Norfolk.
The latest pendant, with a central cross motif, was found in 2017 and it has been declared treasure.
Anglo-Saxon gold pendant found in Norfolk declared treasure
BBC News
17 March 2019
The gold pendant would have belonged to a "high status woman", like the famous Winfarthing Pendant
An Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found near a site where a similar item worth £145,000 was dug up, probably belonged to a woman of "high social status".
The Winfarthing Pendant was found in 2014 near Diss in Norfolk.
The latest pendant, with a central cross motif, was found in 2017 and it has been declared treasure.
Julie Shoemark, Norfolk's finds liaison officer, said it made a "valuable contribution to our understanding of Saxon society".
Anglo-Saxon villages featured wooden housing, similar to this recreation at West Stow in Suffolk
In 2014, a student found Anglo-Saxon jewellery, including a pendant, at Winfarthing, later valued by the government's Portable Antiquities Scheme at £145,000.
'Immense' social change
The more recently discovered pendant, which features gold bead work and measures 17mm (0.67in) by 13mm (0.5in), is believed to date from the late-6th Century to the mid-7th.
Ms Shoemark, from Norfolk County Council's archaeology department, said: "Like the Winfarthing assemblage, this piece most likely belonged to a high-status lady.
"It dates to an important turning point in Saxon history during the first flowering of Christianity [in England] and is of similar date to the jewellery assemblage from the now famous and nearby Winfarthing burial.
"Male graves of this period appear to be entirely lacking in elaborate jewellery.
"This latest pendant makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of Saxon society, religion and the position of women during a period of immense social and cultural change."
It has been declared treasure at an inquest at held by the Norfolk Coroner's Office, and it will now be valued by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The Winfarthing Pendant (both sides pictured) was constructed from a sheet of gold and attached with gold cells, set with garnets
Similar items had been found in collections left in Anglo-Saxon graves across the east of England and Kent.
The Winfarthing Pendant, discovered by student-turned-archaeologist Tom Lucking, has recently been on show at The British Library in London.
Treasure experts described it as having "national significance" shortly after it was discovered.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-47435954
