Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15050 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age or Roman horse harness fittings, and Roman pottery sherds |
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Summary
Around 1838 a hoard of horse trappings dating to the Iron Age/Roman period was found near High Banks (NHER 8745). The seven pieces recovered were made from copper alloy and had blue, red and yellow enamelling. Metal-detecting in 1999 recovered Roman pottery sherds.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 92 03 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1838? Near High Banks (see NHER 8745).
Hoard of seven bronze enamelled horse trappings in a Celtic style. These seven trappings comprise five terrets (Leeds style) as well as a quadrilateral plaque and circular pendant. Enamelling is light blue, red and yellow and often thickly applied to the items.
For full details see file and (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 16 February 1982.
January-May 1999. Metal-detecting. [1].
24 Roman pottery sherds of a variety of forms.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the south-east. Previous extent mapped at [2].
The finds were previously recorded under NHER 8745.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 273, 277. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. pp 70, 100-101; Pl XVII. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 16. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1849. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol II pp 397-408. pp 398-400. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Saham Toney [2]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Ward Perkins, J. B. 1939. Iron Age Metal Horses' Bits of the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol V Pt 1 pp 173-192. p 183. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Taylor, R. J. and Brailsford, J. W. 1985. British Iron Age Strap-Unions. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 51 pp 247-272. p 267. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
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