Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1911 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age torc terminal and other Iron Age and Roman finds |
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Summary
An Iron Age gold alloy torc terminal was probably found in this ploughed field in 1947 although NHER 28517 has been suggested as an alternative findspot. 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. Metal detecting close to the site of the discovery recovered Roman coins and pieces of Iron Age pot.
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
1947. See Notes.
Heavy casting of gold, silver and copper alloy picked up by farm worker. Ring-head decorated in degenerate mirror style-base with socket cast terminal of torc. Probably mid 1st century AD like those found at Cairmuir, Hengistbury Head. Approximately 9 carat gold.
See drawing (S1) and sketch (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
September 1988. From same approximate area, found with metal detector.
Antoninianus of Carausius reverse illegible AD 287 to 293.
House of Valentinian SECURITAS REIPUBLICAE Aquiliea AD 364 to 378.
Three flint-gritted Iron Age sherds.
Information from [1].
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM), October 1988.
This type of torc terminal is now generally thought to date slightly earlier to the first half of the 1st century BC.
M. Dennis (NLA) 7 August 2006.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1951. Report of the Summer Meeting of the Institute at Norwich, 1949. Part I. Prehistoric, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon: A Celtic Torc Terminal from North Creake. The Archaeological Journal. Vol CVI pp 59-61. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1955. The Early Iron Age Treasure from Snettisham, Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XX (for 1954) Pt 1 pp 27-86. pp 64-65. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 83 NW 1. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Publication: Fox, Pattern and Purpose. 1958. [unknown]. pp.45, 144. |
| --- | Photograph: Ashley, H.. 1949. North Creake torc terminal. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Maryon, H.. 1950. North Creake torc end. 23 March. |
| --- | Publication: Mann. 1951. [unknown]. p.141 microphoto of termi. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Creake (North). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Sealey, P. R. 1979. The Later History of Icenian Electrum Torcs. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 45 pp 165-178. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of an Iron Age gold alloy torc terminal. Card. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Annotated sketch of an Iron Age gold alloy torc terminal. Card. 1:1. |
Related records
| 28517 | Related to: Iron Age torc (Find Spot) |
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