NHER 36335 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age boar figurine

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered an Iron Age copper alloy boar or pig figurine that may have been a fitting for the top of a helmet or a strainer.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32SW
Civil Parish ASHMANHAUGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Early 1997. Metal detecting.
Iron Age/Roman magnificent copper alloy figurine of a boar.
Illustrated on the cover of (S1).
Exact find spot info now lost, but across the road from NHER 32041 and probably to the west of same.
See (S2).
See confidential file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 September 2001.

This may be similar to the boar figurines represented on helmets on the Gundestrup Cauldron. See comparative notes in file.
M. Dennis (NLA) 18th July 2005.

For another example from Duncton, West Sussex, see Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report 2005/6, p 37.
PAS reference SUSS-C6A000.
D. Gurney (NLA) 8 December 2006

  • --- Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Davies, J. & Williamson, T.. 1999. Land of the Iceni.
  • <S2> Illustration: 2001. Finds Illustration.
  • FIGURINE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • HELMET (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • STRAINER (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 18 2013 6:10PM

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