NHER 1309 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age linch pin from garden of Chestnut Cottage
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1955. Stray Find.
Found in garden of Chestnut Cottage.
Iron Age copper alloy linch pin. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). This discovery is noted in (S3) and is the subject of a short published report (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2018.
NGR corrected from original TF 7317 4338 which was not in the garden of Chestnut Cottage but 100m east of this site.
M. Horlock (NLA), 17 September 2003.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81764 Illustration: Clough, T. [Unknown]. Drawing of an Iron Age copper alloy linch pin. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Thornham.
- <S3> SNF86166 Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 6.
- <S4> SNF86357 Article in Monograph: Gregory, T. 1986. Appendix. Thornham: An Iron Age Linch-Pin and a Romano British Cremation from Thornham. Excavations at Thornham, Warham, Wighton and Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk. Gregory, T. and Gurney, D.. EAA No 30 pp 36.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- LINCH PIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 18 2018 5:57PM