NHER 15102 (Find Spot record) - Roman vessel and pottery

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Summary

An unusual Roman vessel, with a hinged lid and a handle attached by loops, and a fragment of Roman pottery found during metal-detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1978. 'Found in southwest Norfolk'. On Roman site, to be revealed by finder at later date. Found with metal detecting.
Cast copper alloy vessel with bipartite soldered body, hinged lid and drop handle attached by loops.
Sherds of late 1st century grey ware vessel found with it. (S1) in file.
Seen and drawn by A. Gregory (NAU) November 1978.
A. Gregory (NAU) 30 July 1979.

1982.
Finder reports that vessel was found by his father in an unknown field in western part of Hockwold parish.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3) in file.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Correspondence: Various. 1979. Letters.
  • <S2> Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
  • <S3> Photograph: Unknown. [unknown].
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2022 9:56AM

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