So, in honour of this year's #Treasure20 celebrations, I'm going to attempt to tweet out every Treasure find from Co. Durham, Darlo & Tees >
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(& Redar & Cleveland) recorded on
@findsorguk Db, between now and the official birthday on Sept 24 I'll thread them below
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The first! (i can find...) from way back in '05 a medieval silver finger ring with two clasped hands on the bezel https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/128404 …pic.twitter.com/iUqEMSXDM7
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No. 2: This mini Late Bronze Age hoard is now
@TheBowesMuseum Spearhead; Bugle-shaped fitting;2 rings;3 amber beads https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/196334 …pic.twitter.com/hp1YjwOiSv
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This next one is interesting & might stretch across a few tweets: Grave goods from Anglo-Saxon cemetery cut over round houses nr Saltburnpic.twitter.com/9lo4yJAyDa
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Grave 10 contained gold pendant, 3 glass beads, silver pin & pair of iron shears; Grave 21, 2 Iron Age gold coins re-used as pendants on >pic.twitter.com/pyclYmZVM9
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> a necklace of 8 early Anglo-Saxon glass beads. The IA coins (of the Corieltavi) are amazing, & were curated for 500 before being depositedpic.twitter.com/A5QgDKJuFZ
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Iron Age coins in Anglo-Saxon burials is very rare... Burial became known as 'Loftus Saxon Princess' https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/196335 …pic.twitter.com/OlXxX0nQYa
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@caitlinrgreen will be interested if she doesn't already know about it :-)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Yes, it's fascinating! I discussed it with Kevin a while back when first publicised, most intriguing, esp given Northumbrian–Lincs links!
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