Lovely 8thC mount w/ speckled animals, similar to St Ninian's Isle treasure, found Leics: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/467984 …pic.twitter.com/9KcHV7RtSQ
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L8thC sword-pommel from St Ninian's Isle treasure, w/ elaborately interlaced+speckled beasts http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/contributions/628 …pic.twitter.com/Er4XNbmThA
L8/E9thC ring w/ speckled quadruped & interlaced tongue+tail, found in Thames at Chelsea: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O122093/ring-unknown/ …pic.twitter.com/HuoIYiAo3b
The 8thC 'Witham Bowl' had a similar creature rendered in 3D :) Found at Washingborough in 1816, now sadly lost...pic.twitter.com/ZVRNlFiS94
See further this useful pamphlet on Anglo-Saxon & Viking finds from the River Witham: http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/assets/downloads/IS_arch_13_antiquities_from_the_witham_anglo_saxon_and_viking.pdf …pic.twitter.com/kLBWgEcl3o
@caitlinrgreen recent visits to river suggest present-day local denizens' votive offerings commonly styrofoam-based drinking vessels ;)
@CatherineEsse one day future archaeologists....etc etc! ;)
@caitlinrgreen :D - may provoke speculation re influence of Scottish clan McDonald so far south of border (or Golden Arches) ;)
@caitlinrgreen wonderful and the detail is great.
@HyettNeal agreed! :)
@caitlinrgreen @lincsociety Looks like the now extinct two-legged winged seahorse!
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