Poorly Located Monument record STN 217 - Iron Age Bronze hoard found 1897
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 81 85 (point) Poorly located |
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Map sheet | TL88NW |
Civil Parish | SANTON DOWNHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
County | NORFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bronze hoard found 1897. Commonly called the Santon Downham (Suffolk) hoard, actually found in Norfolk.
Scrap bronze in water clock - now in Cambridge Museum. Horse harness, enamelled bronze linch pin, 6 bronze nave bands, 10 brooches of circa mid C1 AD types. Roman jug (bronze) with trefoil spout, handle of bronze skillet (S1).
OS and Clarke located findspot on Norfolk side of river (in Santon, Norfolk) at TL 8382 8736 (S2) (S3).
Photographs of finds (S4)
Formerly recorded as STN MISC
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SSF55843 Photograph: ?. ?. Photographic prints of Santon Downham IA hoard.
- <R1> SSF21386 (No record type): Smith R A, PCAS, 8, 1909, 146-163.
- <S1> SSF373 (No record type): Archaeol J, 27, 92.
- <S2> SSF3651 (No record type): Clarke R R, IA in Norf & Suff, Archaeol J, 95, 1939, 100.
- <R2> SSF6550 (No record type): Fox C, Archaeol Camb Region, 1923, 104.
- <R3> SSF12098 (No record type): Norf Archaeology, 25, 1934, 206.
- <S3> SSF15252 (No record type): OS, record map TL88NW, 1959.
Finds (6)
- FSF12019: HOARD (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
- FSF12020: HARNESS (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
- FSF12021: LINCH PIN (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
- FSF12022: BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
- FSF12023: JUG (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
- FSF12024: VESSEL (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:47AM