NHER 15050 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age or Roman horse harness fittings, and Roman pottery sherds

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Summary

Around 1838 a hoard of horse trappings dating to the Iron Age/Roman period was found near High Banks (NHER 8745). The seven pieces recovered were made from copper alloy and had blue, red and yellow enamelling. Metal-detecting in 1999 recovered Roman pottery sherds.

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Map sheet	TF90SW
Civil Parish	OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1838? Near High Banks (see NHER 8745).
Hoard of seven bronze enamelled horse trappings in a Celtic style. These seven trappings comprise five terrets (Leeds style) as well as a quadrilateral plaque and circular pendant. Enamelling is light blue, red and yellow and often thickly applied to the items.
For full details see file and (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 16 February 1982.

January-May 1999. Metal-detecting. [1].
24 Roman pottery sherds of a variety of forms.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the south-east. Previous extent mapped at [2].
The finds were previously recorded under NHER 8745.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF773 Article in Serial: 1849. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol II pp 397-408. pp 398-400.
--- SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. pp 70, 100-101; Pl XVII.
--- SNF88195 Article in Serial: Taylor, R. J. and Brailsford, J. W. 1985. British Iron Age Strap-Unions. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 51 pp 247-272. p 267.
--- SNF88188 Article in Serial: Ward Perkins, J. B. 1939. Iron Age Metal Horses' Bits of the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol V Pt 1 pp 173-192. p 183.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 273, 277.
--- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Saham Toney [2].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 16.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)

Object Types (3)

HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 24 2024 9:46AM