Our field walks & metal detector days have produced some interesting finds.

This sheep's bell along with
the token below were found
during our metal detector
day in a field adjacent to
Carleton Rode School
opposite the church

This token is a
French 14th century
lucky piece. The
inhabitants of
Toulouse believed
that a terrible
animal called a
'Malle Beste' or
'Bugbear' roamed
the streets at night.
An annulet was
struck at the Hotel
de Ville for the
protection of those
who wore it.

Here a bear is secured to a
tree, on which a large flower
grows, with similar trees to the
left and right; enclosed in a
double inner circle, the outer is
granulated.

This side features a three
stranded cross fleur delisee and
fleuronnee with a quatrefoil in the
centre; enclosed in a tressure of
four arches, fleuronnee at each
angle.

Two enamelled terret ring's were recently discovered by a metal detectorist .
The have since been declared Treasure Trove have been purchased by the
Norwich Castle Museum.

'Terret' rings are metal loops that were once fitted on to chariots to help
guide the reins from the horses to the driver. They helped prevent the reins
from different horses from getting tangled, making it easier to control.

Because it was expensive to feed and maintain the horses needed to pull a
chariot, these vehicles belonged to wealthy members of Iron Age society.
The fittings used on chariots, like terrets, were often decorated with
enamel, and this example is particularly colourful being decorated with
'platforms' containing enamelled flowers. It was found in a hoard of
metalwork discovered by a metal-detectorist.

Remarkably, this terret is identical to another found in a hoard at Saham
Toney in 1838, which was donated to Norwich Castle by the Rev W
Grigson. The obvious conclusion is that the two terrets, found 150 years
and 14 miles apart, were made by the same person.

Terret rings were used on chariots. There would have been four on the yoke,

guiding the reins for the individual horses. (Occasionally there was also a fifth,

much larger ring, on the central pole, but their exact function is uncertain.)

The horses are harnessed to the chariot pole by a system of body girths behind the forelegs, chest bands, and four traces
attached to a swingle-tree, hinged to the pole-shaft at the rear of the horses, and attached at the front of the pole by
leather straps; the terrets being fastened onto the leather body girths on their backs by means of leather straps

Carleton Rode Terret Ring