Record Details

NHER Number:25896
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Findspot of figurine of horse's head of probable Roman date

Summary

Metal detecting in 1990 recovered a decorated figurine of a horse's head, probably Roman in date.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 23 05
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1990. Found with metal detector Cast 'bust' of horse with incised linear, triangular and curvilinear decoration indicating mane, bridle and trappings and ring and dot, set on flat integrally cast bar shaped base with transverse grooves, (S1 and S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 November 1990.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: FTJ 26-31.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 1991. Drawing of a possible Roman horse cast bust.. Paper. 2:1.

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