NHER 64095 (Find Spot record) - Late Iron Age or early Roman hoard

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2020 recovered a Late Iron Age or early Roman hoard of four copper alloy artefacts. This comprised a pair of matching lyre-shaped strap mounts, a binding strip from an unknown object (possibly a harness) and a ring. Although these objects are of Late Iron Age type it is possible that they were in use and/or deposited in the early post-Conquest period.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG02NE
Civil Parish	GUESTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WOOD DALLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

January 2020. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age or early Roman hoard of four copper alloy objects.
Comprising a pair of matching lyre-shaped strap mounts, a binding strip from an unknown object (possibly a harness) and a ring. The strap mounts have internal spikes and it is thought that they were probably used as 'bridle burrs' or studded cheekpieces - fixed to the outer side of each bridle of a pair of horses harnessed to a vehicle and acting as coercive devices. Hoards of horse-related items such as this have long been regarded as Late Iron Age, although their date range is now seen as extending beyond the Roman conquest. In Norfolk, a post-Conquest Boudican context has been suggested for a number of hoards.
Information from PAS import. See drawings (S1)-(S3).
The hoard was submitted as potential Treasure (Ref: 2020 T360).
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF100864 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman cast copper alloy strap mount 1. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF100865 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman cast copper alloy strap mount 2. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S3> SNF100866 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman copper alloy binding strip and copper alloy ring. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)

Object Types (4)

HOARD (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 100 AD)
RING (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 100 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 100 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 100 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Nov 20 2023 6:05AM