Find Spot record 1926/0/0 - Iron Age currency bar, Burton Latimer

A single bar has been discovered in the parish. A report that a hoard of 85 bars had been found prior to 1917 is incorrect

{1} Unlocated find made after 1903; an Iron Age currency bar, sword shaped with tubular socket. Thirty and a half inches long, one and three eighth inches wide. Incorrectly recorded by Tylecote as 83 bars. In fact only one. Weight= c.25 oz, pre 1917;

{10} Given to Northampton Museum by GV Charlton;

{9,11} A complete currency bar found with others (number not stated) at Burton Latimer. It was presented by G Charlton Esq. and weighs about 25 ozs.
Northanpton Museum records refer to only one bar from Burton Latimer (the record was compiled by George - {9} - during his curatorship), and the present Keeper (R Moore) considers the figure of 83 to be highly unlikely.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SW1 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.14 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<4> 1967, Proceedings of The Prehistoric Society, 32/330 (Journal). SNN34399.

<6> Uncertain, 1940, Antiquity, p.432 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN34400.

<7> Northampton Antiquarian Society, 1955, 61/15-24 (Journal). SNN34401.

<8> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<9> GEORGE T.J., 1917, Early man in Northamptonshire with particular reference to the late Celtic period as illustrated by Hunsbury Camp, p.39 (Report). SNN71868.

<10> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, JMS 21.4.52 (Map). SNN10162.

<11> Tylecote R.F., 1962, Metallurgy in Archaeology, p.347 (Book). SNN113202.

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Sep 25 2023 9:49AM