NHER 16285 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age and Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
Winter 1979 to 1980. Found with metal detector in ploughsoil. At location [1].
Two siliquae of Julian, both in very fresh condition. Reverses clearly legible but not read. Found within a couple of feet of each other, so possibly part of dispersed hoard.
A. Gregory (NAU), 8 July 1980.
September 1993. Metal detecting find.
Trinovantian gold stater, Late Whaddon Chase type.
See coin list in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 23 September 1993.
December 1993. Detector finds.
Encrusted fragment of Roman iron chain mail. To be photographed NLA.
Fragment of Iron Age decorated horse trapping, perhaps S-shaped (like NHER 29376). See (S1). To be photographed. For similar decoration see (S2).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) and D. Gurney (NLA).
D. Gurney (NLA), 5 January 1994.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78943 Illustration: White, S.. 1994. Drawing of an Iron Age decorated horse trapping.. Film. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF2535 Article in Serial: Brailsford, J. W. 1975. The Polden Hill Hoard, Somerset. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 41 pp 222-234. Pl XXII.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SCALE ARMOUR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 14 2017 9:22AM