NHER 17808 (Find Spot record) - Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a small Roman settlement, one of a number of Roman settlements strung out along a ridge. Fieldwalking and metal detecting have recovered prehistoric flints and pottery, Iron Age terrets, Roman pottery, coins, brooches and other metal finds including an escutcheon from a bucket, an Early Saxon brooch, a Late Saxon ring, and medieval and post medieval finds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39NE
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 29. Hales.
  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49. p 15.
  • <S2> Illustration: Davies, J. A. 1993. Drawing of an Iron Age terret ring.. Paper. 1:1.
  • 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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Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 8:05AM

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