Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28517 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age torc |
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Summary
An Iron Age gold alloy torc terminal was possibly found in this ploughed field in 1947 although NHER 1911 was the original recorded find spot. The ring-shaped terminal is decorated in a similar style to the torcs recovered at Snettisham (NHER1487). The terminal was probably made in the 1st century BC or AD.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF83NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possible alternative findspot for Iron Age torc found 1947. See NHER 1911.
[1], daughter of finder, said in 1990 that her father had told her it was found just north of the pit. This would place it not far from findspot of Iron Age die (NHER 1913).
E.B. Green (NCM), 18 January 1990.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 83 NW 1. |
Related records
| 1911 | Related to: Iron Age torc terminal and other Iron Age and Roman finds (Find Spot) |