NHER 31188 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age or Viking silver torc
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Summary
In around 1979/80 a two-strand cable-twist object made from silver was dredged from the river. This object was tentatively identified as a torc and believed to be of Iron Age or Viking date.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Around 1979/80. Near Manor Farm, dredged out of the river.
Black chalk-covered two-strand cable-twist object, 17.8-20.3cm (7-8in) diameter, penannular, without terminals and unrusted. Believed by source to have been a torc.
Silver? Possibly Iron Age or Viking in date. Whereabouts unknown.
D. Gurney (NLA), 22 February 1995.
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Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- TORC (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 26 2012 5:01PM