Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2990 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age horse bit |
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Summary
In 1960 an Iron Age horse bit of copper alloy with iron rings was recovered from this area. It was of the three link type, believed to derive from Yorkshire and date to the 1st century BC.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0309 1622 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 1960. Stray Find.
Found in Ordnance Survey Field 419 - 10.269 acre field. [1].
Iron Age copper alloy horse bit. Iron rings sheathed in copper alloy, three link type, Yorkshire 1st century BC. See drawings (S1) and (S2).
Held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1960.72).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). See published article (S4) and press cutting (S5) for further details.
Information from (S6) and (S7).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1960. Drawing of an Iron Age copper alloy and iron horse bit from Swanton Morley. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1960. Drawing of an Iron Age copper alloy and iron horse bit from Swanton Morley. Card. 1:1. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Green, B. 1962. An Iron Age pony-bit from Swanton Morley, Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XXVIII pp 385-386. 385-386. |
| <S5> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. Ancient pony bit found. 1 April. |
| <S6> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Swanton Morley. |
| <S7> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NW 16. |
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