Snettisham hoard
The Late Iron Age Snettisham hoards come from Snettisham in Norfolk , England . The first three hoards (A – C) were discovered in 1948 while plowing a lavender field and examined by Rainbird Clarke (born 1914) at the Norfolk Museum. In 1950 the aftercare centers D and E came to light while plowing. In 1989, Hort F (587 items) was discovered by a (legal) probe . The site was examined by the British Museum and hoards G – K were discovered. They mainly contained torques , but also other objects made of precious metal.
Comparable aftercare centers were found in Ipswich , Bawsey and Sedgeford .
literature
- IM Stead: The Snettisham treasure, excavations in 1990. Antiquity 65, 1991, p. 447 ff.
Web links
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