Context (Production / use)
Part of the horse and chariot equipment represented within the Santon Hoard. See Mary Davis (2014), pp. 193-197, for details and analysis.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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.


Event Date
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 Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.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 (References)
Garrow, D., C. Gosden & J.D. Hill (eds). (2008). Rethinking Celtic Art. Oxbow: Oxford.
Event Date 2008
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Spratling [2009]: 'NAVE HOOP, bronze, originally c. 140 mm in diameter, 45 mm wide, 0.9 mm thick. 1897.227. FIGURE 13. Two joining fragments survive, flattened out, making up 210 mm of the circumferance. There are beaded edges and a central raised rib' p.31.
Event Date 2009
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 Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.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 Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University.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The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was from the earlier, 1966, iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 33. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is Spratling MGS 32 and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).
Event Date 23/1/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Two sections of bowed nave hoop with a high ridge running down the centre.
Event Date 23/1/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Two refitting lengths of nave hoop; Made from sheet copper alloy with a thickened rim along either edge and a high ridge running down the centre. One section flattened.
Event Date 24/6/2022
Author: Katrina Dring