NHER 55521 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age and Iron Age artefacts
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WHINBURGH AND WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
A Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead (S1) and a hoard of Iron Age objects comprising two terrets (S2), (S3) and a bull's head mount (S4).
See description in file.
The Iron Age hoard was submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2011 T340) and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2012.173). See updated Treasure report in file and newspaper article (S5).
S. Ashley (HES), 23 May 2011 and E. Darch (HES), 22 August 2011 and E. Darch (HES), 27 June 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2020.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF100591 Publication: British Museum. 2013. Treasure Act Annual Report 2011. p xviii.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80567 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF80569 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Iron Age oval terret. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
- <S3> SNF80568 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Iron Age oval winged or lipped terret. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
- <S4> SNF80570 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Iron Age bull's head mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
- <S5> SNF81950 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2011. Historic artefacts described at treasure trove inquest. 10 September.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- HARNESS FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HOARD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- MOUNT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 8 2020 5:39PM