- Snettisham Hoard
Infobox Artifact
name = Snettisham Hoard
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material =Gold
created =70 BC
discovered =Snettisham in 1948-73
location = nowrap beginBritish Museum ·wrapNorwich Castle nowrap endThe Snettisham Hoard, or Snettisham Treasure, is a series of discoveries of
Iron Age precious metal, found in theSnettisham area of the English county ofNorfolk between 1948 to 1973.The hoard consists of
metal , jet and over 150gold torques fragments, over 70 of which form complete torcs, dating from BC 70. Though the origins are unknown, it is of a quality to have been the royal treasury of theIceni .cite web | url = http://www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/hilites/snet.htm | title = The Snettisham Treasure | publisher = Current Archaeology | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ]In 1985 there was also a find of
Romano-British jewellery and raw materials buried in a clay pot in AD 155. 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."The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard" by Catherine Johns (British Museum Press, 1997)] cite web | url = http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ1424 | title = Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham | publisher = The British Museum | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ]The finds are deposited in Norwich Castle Museum and the
British Museum .The hoard was number 4 in the list of British archaeological finds selected by experts at the
British Museum for the 2003BBC Television documentary "Our Top Ten Treasures " presented byAdam Hart-Davis .References
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