Lead star

Description: Thought to be a ceiling decoration, this would once have been gilded and may have been intended to mirror the heavens inside the Abbey of St Mary. Found during excavations on the site of Cirencester Abbey and Saxon Church, 1964—66.
Object Name: Lead star
Accession Number: 1980/79/61
Category: medieval
Site Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tags: Medieval, decoration