NHER 4726 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal hoard

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Summary

A hoard of six Bronze Age copper alloy torcs was found during construction work in 1881.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL79NW
Civil Parish	STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

1881. Found in sinking shafts on site of railway station. Hoard of six bronze torcs.
One in NCM 27.20 ex Plowright Collection; another sold at Fenton's 1906 for 10 pounds (see (S1)) See file.
(S2) mention of presentation to NCM, (S3), (S4). Card by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Material and references checked by A. J. Lawson and E. Rose (NAU), 1981 to 3.
(S5) does not mention the torcs, but states that the site of the station was dug out to a depth of 3.7m (12 feet) because of unstable peat.
E. Rose (NAU), 17 January 1983.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Stoke Ferry.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF5263 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 128 NRO f.23.
<S2> SNF1609 Article in Serial: 1920. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt II (for 1919-20) pp 315-322. p 319.
<S3> SNF1806 Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 68.
<S4> SNF3537 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1920. The Stoke Ferry torque. 26 January.
<S5> SNF7564 Publication: Paye, P.. 1982. The Stoke Ferry Branch.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (2)

HOARD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
TORC (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Stoke Ferry (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Oct 9 2013 9:19AM