{"id":730,"date":"2020-02-15T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=730"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T18:16:40","slug":"a-m-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=730","title":{"rendered":"Jean Chaplin&#8217;s Collection of Martham Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jean Chaplin&#8217;s Collection of Martham Finds<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"392\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-macehead-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-macehead-1.jpg 346w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-macehead-1-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption>Bronze Age macehead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The origins of Martham were said to be <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=546\">Saxon<\/a><\/em> but&#8230;\u2026. that was before the fieldwalking fraternity steadily (and even laboriously) started walking the fields around the village. Finds made, mainly using metal detectors, over the last 40 years have pushed back the boundaries of our understanding of the history of Martham.  At the forefront of these searches has been a small number of people including the author of this site and Jean Chaplin. Jean has added significantly to our knowledge of the long lost periods of ancient village history with finds like those shown below. Please don&#8217;t get the idea that Martham has rich pickings, these items only have historical value. It has taken years of painstaking searching to find these few objects but they are an invaluable addition to our knowledge of the area.  I am indebted to Jean for allowing these finds to be displayed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" data-id=\"1166\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-nose-or-ear-ring-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-nose-or-ear-ring-2.jpg 320w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bronze-Age-nose-or-ear-ring-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 85vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Bronze Age nose or ear rings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"1163\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-woad-grinder-002-1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-woad-grinder-002-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-woad-grinder-002-1-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-woad-grinder-002-1-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-woad-grinder-002-1.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Iron Age Woad grinder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1161\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-terret-ring-001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-terret-ring-001-1.jpg 800w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-terret-ring-001-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron-Age-terret-ring-001-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 85vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Iron Age terret ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"392\" data-id=\"1164\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Macehead-Bronze-Age-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Macehead-Bronze-Age-1.jpg 346w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Macehead-Bronze-Age-1-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption>Bronz Age macehead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click on any of the following images to zoom in and then scroll.<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-28 maxbutton maxbutton-home-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Home Page<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Chaplin&#8217;s Collection of Martham Finds The origins of Martham were said to be Saxon but&#8230;\u2026. that was before the fieldwalking fraternity steadily (and even laboriously) started walking the fields around the village. 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