NHER 7851 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age gold ring or bracelet
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
May 1802. 'Found at Drayton between Reepham and Norwich'.
Gold 'Armilla' (pennanular ring or bracelet). Perfectly round and plain without engraved line or ornament, the ends delated. Weight about 200g (7 ozs 3 dwt 21 grains). Sold to [1] for 20 guineas.
Compare with (S1).
For type compare (S2) with example from Melston Constable estate. Probably now destroyed.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
(S1) corrects (S3) by R. R. Clarke (NCM) in that object was sold at and not to [2] for twenty guineas. Object was found in digging on property of [3].
Details reprinted in (S4).
E. Rose (NAU), 4 August 1989.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF3976 Newspaper Article: Norwich Mercury. 1802. [unknown]. 5 June.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Drayton [2].
- <S1> SNF802 Article in Serial: Way, A. 1849. Ancient Armillae of Gold Recently Found in Buckinghamshire and in North Britain: With Notices of Ornaments of Gold Discovered in the British Isles. The Archaeological Journal. Vol VI pp 48-61. p; 59.
- <S2> SNF4393 Photograph: Arch.. Vol. XVI plLXVIII.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S4> SNF58687 Serial: NARG News.. 55.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- BRACELET (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RING (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 12 2018 9:58PM