Context (Found together / assemblage)
An object matching this description and listed in Mansel Spratling's publication 'The Santon Hoard Reconsidered' is marked 1897.224 F but is in likelihood 1897.224.21. Sptratling believes that this object, along with what is probably 1897.224.20, are all part of the griffin disc broach (1897.224 F).
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Santon Hoard. Originally thought to have been found at Santon Downham, Suffolk but research by Rainbird Clarke quoted by Spratling shows it was found in the parish of Santon, on breckland close to the Thetford boundary, between the east end of the former Half-Moon Plantation and the site of St Helen' s Oratory (TL52 837873).
Research by Mansel Spratling. Spratling reference number MGS 21.


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Author: maa

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Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1897.224 F.1-3 for other parts of this brooch. As Spratling notes these are potentially all part of the same object.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Possibly backplate of 1897.224.F (MGS19)
Event Date 1897
Author: maa

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Context (Display)
A selection of the Santon Hoard was exhibited at the meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society on 29 November 1897

Event Date 29/11/1897
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (Field collection)
Santon Hoard (1897.218-1897.228). Found by a ‘labourer’ in his garden in Santon, Norfolk in September 1897

Event Date 9/1897
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Von Hügel, Anatole. (1899). ‘Exhibition of Bronze and Iron Implements’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 9.4. pp. 430-431.
Event Date 1899
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Smith, R.A. (1909). 'A Hoard of metal found at Santon Downham, Suffolk'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 13. pp. 146-163.
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 104, 106, 107. pl. XVIII no. 9.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (1966). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 1966
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The numbering has been amended as follows; where an object has an indentifiable Accession Number from the 1897 register this has been used, with the M.G.Spratling number in the 'other numbers' field. If an accession number has multiple objects and records, the M.G.S number has been added to the suffix field to distinguish them. J.Somerville 15/5/2001.
Event Date 15/5/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Garrow, D., C. Gosden & J.D. Hill (eds). (2008). Rethinking Celtic Art. Oxbow: Oxford.
Event Date 2008
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (2009). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 2009
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Analysis)
In September 2012, Mary Davis undertook pXRF analysis of the Santon Hoard. The results are included in her PhD thesis, 'Technology at the Transition' (2014), in Chapter 8 and Appendices 2d, 6a & 6b. See Doc.489. [Note: accession numbers included in the PhD were recorded prior to the normalisation of accession numbers]
Event Date 9/2012
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Davies, M. (2014). Technology at the Transition: Relationships between Culture, Style and Function in the Late Iron Age Determined Through the Analysis of Artefacts. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University. pp. 171-215.
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
A circular bronze disc with a single rivet in situ and a number of pieces or iron corroded onto the surface - the iron is not part of the original feature. It is possible this is a back plate to the disc brooch 1897.224 F.1.
Event Date 17/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was found to be from the earlier, 1966, iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 21. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is Spratling MGS 25B and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).

Event Date 17/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The previous accession number associated with this record was 1897.224.21. It appears that the suffix .21 was assigned to the object based on the 1966 unpublished dissertation by Mansel Spratling. Here he provides his own catalogue of the finds in the Santon Hoard. However as this numbering system was not one designed by the museum but by Spratling, this has been added to the MAA Number field as incorrect numbers. In the Context note by J. Somerville dated 15/05/2001 they note the Spratling numbers have been assigned when there are multiple objects under an idno. However this gives an erratic range of numbers as it is dependant on Spratling's catalogue. The object's current accession number, 1897.224. F.3 has been assigned in order to identify it from other bronze objects of this idno with the suffix F.3 given to reflect the now new set of suffixes.
Event Date 17/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1983.104 | Remedial
Event Date 16/10/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer