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 Boar Plaque
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A copper alloy plaque of a charging boar (100 x 40 mm). It was possibly associated with the nearby Chanctonbury temple, where many pig bones were found. Another boar figurine was found in a nearby farmstead (Washington).
 
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From Site Muntham Court
   
Date  1st - 4th century AD
   
Location   Worthing Museum & Arts Gallery display
   
Material   Copper alloy
   
Context  From the Romano-British shrine at Muntham Court, in the debris pile just outside the entrance
   
Reference   Holleyman, G.A. & Burstow, G.P. 1956 'Exavations at Muntham Court, Findon', Sussex Notes & Queries vol.XIV, nos.11 & 12, p.198, h.
   

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