NHER 17808 (Find Spot record) - Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1981. Fieldwalking by Hales Survey, site 29.
Flints.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval sherds.
Tile.
Metalwork etc.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) December 1981 and March 1982.
1986.
Iron Age sherds reidentified as Neolithic, see file.
November to December 1990. Found with metal detecting.
4 Roman coins, see list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 4 January 1991.
December 1990 to January 1991. Found with metal detecting.
Roman coins, brooch and medieval metalwork.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 January 1991
1993. Found with metal detecting.
Iron Age terret (S2), Roman metalwork.
See details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 November 1993.
1997. Metal detecting finds.
Iron Age terret fragment, bridle bit fragment, button shaped fastener.
3 2nd/4th century coins.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 21 November 1997.
Roman escutheon.
Early Saxon annular brooch fragment.
Late Saxon finger ring.
Identified by H. Geake (A&E) 26 November 1997.
See polaroids and lists in file.
W. Milligan (NCM) 23 September 1997.
(S1) records this as Site 29, the site of a Roman settlement, one of a number of such settlements strung out along the ridge.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 22 May 2006.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF14008 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 29. Hales.
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49. p 15.
- <S2> SNF78789 Illustration: Davies, J. A. 1993. Drawing of an Iron Age terret ring.. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (28)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BUTTON (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- NAIL (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Feb 10 2026 8:05AM