#thetford

[fuckitandmovetobritain]

Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, UK

[caedmonofwhitby]

Engraved Carnelian gem, Thetford treasure

Romano-British.

A rectangular gem with slightly curved sides, engraved with Venus and Cupid. The stone is a slightly translucent orange-red cornelian (chalcedony). The engraved decoration is of Venus, naked apart from some drapery over her arm, seen in three-quarter back view. A large circular shield rests on the ground beside her, and she holds a sword and two spears. In front of her is Cupid, holding up a small helmet.

This engraved gem formed part of a remarkable hoard of late-Roman gold jewellery and silver tableware that was found near Thetford, Norfolk, in 1979.

Like the other engraved gems in the hoard, this fine large cornelian must have been removed from an older piece of jewellery. It was originally an elongated oval shape, and has been trimmed down to a rectangular form for re-setting. It depicts Venus with Cupid, both signifying love, and the armour of Mars, the Roman god of war, a standard scene in Roman iconography.

British Museum

[jgrimtravels]

(Photo by: @jgrimtravels )

Starling murmuration over Thetford Norfolk.

[cherrytomato-shutdown]

Throwback to September 2019.

We were happy here.

📍🗺Thetford, Norfolk, Englang.🗺📍

[househunting]

$80,000/3 acres

Thetford, VT

[bluesman56]

 Thomas Paine Proud son of Thetford and the author of the He wrote Rights of Man (1791), in part a defence of the French Revolution against its critics by Tony

[relk123x]

[veganlovebaby]

a walk into Thetford Forest...

we found some mushrooms and a very happy slug having some lunch!

love mol x