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Snettisham Hoard

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Coordinates:52°52′55″N0°30′31″E / 52.881977°N 0.508712°E /52.881977; 0.508712

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Iron Age treasure found in England

52°52′55″N0°30′31″E / 52.881977°N 0.508712°E /52.881977; 0.508712

Snettisham Hoard
The Hoard in theBritish Museum
Material	Gold
Created	about 70 BC
Discovered	Snettisham in 1948–73
Present location	British Museum Norwich Castle

TheSnettisham Hoard orSnettisham Treasure is a series of discoveries ofIron Age precious metal, found in theSnettisham area of the English county ofNorfolk between 1948 and 1992.

Iron age hoard

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Thehoard consists ofmetal,jet and more than 150 gold/silver/copper alloytorc fragments, more than 70 of which form complete torcs, dating from about 70 BC. The fairly precise dating comes from French coins discovered with the torcs. Probably the most famous item from the hoard is theGreat Torc from Snettisham, which is now held by theBritish Museum.^[1] Though the origins are unknown, it is of a high enough quality to have been royal treasure of theIceni.^[2]

Recentelectron microscopy research by the British Museum reveals the wear patterns in the torcs, the chemical composition of the metal and the cut marks that reduced many of the torcs to fragments.^[3] One hypothesis suggests the deliberate destruction of valuable items was a form ofvotive offering.

The finds are deposited inNorwich Castle Museum and the British Museum.^[4] The hoard was ranked as number 4 in the list of British archaeological finds selected by experts at theBritish Museum for the2003 BBC Television documentary,Our Top Ten Treasures, presented byAdam Hart-Davis.

Similar specimens are theSedgeford Torc, found in 1965, and theNewark Torc, found in 2005, as well as the six torcs from theIpswich Hoard found in 1968-9.^[5]

Romano-British hoard

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In 1985 there was also a find ofRomano-British jewellery and raw materials buried in a clay pot in AD 155, theSnettisham Jeweller's Hoard. Though it has no direct connection with the nearby Iron Age finds, it may be evidence of a long tradition of gold- and silver-working in the area.^[6]^[7]

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^"The Snettisham Treasure". Current Archaeology. Archived fromthe original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved6 June 2006.
^Angelo Crist (22 October 2017),Time Team Special 45 (2011) – Boudica's Lost Tribe,archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved10 April 2019
^"British Museum highlights: Gold Torc from the Snettisham hoard L". Archived fromthe original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved15 June 2017.
^Wainwright, Martin (18 February 2005)."Iron age necklace discovered".The Guardian. Retrieved20 November 2008.
^The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard byCatherine Johns (British Museum Press, 1997)
^"Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham". The British Museum. Archived fromthe original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved10 June 2010.