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 76.

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Embossed bronze strips.

Event Date 1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Accessions Register: 'A thin band of bronze, 1.4" in width, bearing a late Celtic pattern in repousse'.
Event Date 1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

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 Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.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

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Four strips found - marked "1897.226", they appear to be identical to the two pieces of 1897.218-228.77 found. Three rivets present on these pieces, one rivet broken. S-J Harknett 22/1/2001.
Event Date 22/1/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

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 Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.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

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 Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University.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: Eleanor Wilkinson

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The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was found to be from the earlier, 1966, iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 76. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is Spratling MGS 65 and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).

Event Date 14/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A small section of an embossed strip made from sheet bronze, press moulded with a repeating pattern.
Event Date 22/01/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
Copper alloy panels 1897.226.1-7 bear the same repeating motif. Panel 1897.226.1 appears to be complete with finished edges, while 1897.226.2-7 are all fragments and may be part of a matching panel or panels. 1897.226.8 is currently missing, but is likely part of the same group.
Event Date 20/6/2022
Author: Katrina Dring