NHER 2779 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age enamelled terret
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1971. Stray Find.
Found at approximately [1]:
Iron Age copper alloy enamelled terret. See drawing (S1).
On loan to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : L1975.11).
Information from (S2).
This object is one of three Iron Age terrets from Norfolk described and figured in (S3). It is identified as belonging to Leeds Class 3, with lips set transversely to the ring. It is recorded as having been found by a workman hoeing sugar beet adjacent to a carstone quarry, approximately a quarter of a mile from Ken Hill.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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 63 SE 59.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91767 Illustration: Milligan, W. F. 1971. Drawing of an Iron Age copper alloy enamelled terret. Card. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Snettisham.
- <S3> SNF6208 Article in Serial: Green, B. 1972. Three Iron Age Bronze Terrets. Antiquaries Journal. Vol 52 p 346. p 346.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HARNESS FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:53PM