NHER 12987 (Monument record) - Rectilinear enclosure and Iron Age chariot fitting
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG13SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
The below cropmark linears are now recorded as part of NHER 66261 along with further features identified as part of the Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
28 July 1975. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks, superimposed linear and subrectangular features with possible trackways, which are typical 'settlement' cropmarks.
More distinct in north half field but faintly appearing in remainder.
E. Rose (NAU) 3 January 1978.
Redone with A. Gregory (NAU) 30 August 1984.
About 1970, reported 1984.
In this field, just possibly in fields to north or south but unlikely. Context 2. Found when hoeing sugar beet.
Iron Age chariot horn-cap, copper alloy, baluster moulded with disc of different alloy, bearing a triskele very similar to that on the Llyn Cerrig crescentic plaque, cast in to flat top.
Identified A. Gregory (NAU)
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 August 1984.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF12099 Aerial Photograph: TG 1230A-B.
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF57596 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1984. Norfolk field find could make £10,000. 11 December.
- --- SNF9218 Photograph: CNS 34-6, CNT.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF161 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. [Articles on the finding and selling of an Iron Age horn cap].
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (1)
- CHARIOT FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 8 2024 12:50PM