NHER 20723 (Find Spot record) - Roman horse harness

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Summary

A Roman horse harness with a pattern of concentric rings dated to 49 to 60 AD was found here by metal detecting. This find is part of a larger Roman to Late Saxon settlement and Early Saxon cemetery complex.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF72SW
Civil Parish	CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 1984. Metal detecting.
Roman? horse harness pendant - copper alloy disc with pattern of concentric rings 2 to 3cm diameter. Trace of ?flat sectioned loop. Provisionally dated from comparison with similar in (S1). 49 to 60 AD.
Information from [1].
E. M. James (KLM), 29 September 1984

Part of large scatter NHER 30754.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. KLM.
<S1> SNF5607 Article in Serial: Crummy, N.. 1983. The Roman Small Finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9.. Colchester Archaeology. No 4618.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (1)

HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 30754 - Part of: Early Saxon cemetery and Roman to Early Medieval settlement, multi-period finds (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 11 2025 8:28AM