NHER 4175 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age bridle-bit ring
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Spring 1969. Stray Find.
Found while drilling sugar beet (surface find) on newly ploughed parkland:
Iron Age copper alloy bridle-bit ring with decorative horses head. See drawing (S1).
Possibly of developed Villanovan/Etruscan type - see correspondance (S2) in file and sketches (S3) of similar objects depicted in (S4).
Purchased by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.278).
Information from (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 August 2018.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80903 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1969. Drawing of a Iron Age copper alloy bridle-bit ring with decorative horses head. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF63180 Correspondence: Johns, C.. Letter Re. Bridle-bit ring.
- <S3> SNF91693 Illustration: Johns, C. 1969. Sketches of Villanovan bridle fittings depicted in 'Die Pferdetrense in ihrer Formen-Entwicklung' (1893). Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF99540 Monograph: Zscille, R. and Forrer, R. 1893. Die Pferdetrense in ihrer Formen-Entwicklung.
- <S5> SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Dunham (Little).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BRIDLE FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 26 2022 9:01AM