NHER 20516 (Find Spot record) - Roman cosmetic palette from garden of 3 Nursery Lane

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Summary

A Roman cosmetic palette or mortar with a bull's head at one end and a bird's head at the other. This example is the probably the largest and most elaborate cosmetic palette recorded in the country.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL78NW
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1976. Garden of 'Newhaven' (now No 3) Nursery Lane, Wilton.
At depth of 7.6cm to 10cm (3 to 4").
Grooved pendant (crescentic palette) with central loop with bird and bovine terminals. Largest and most elaborate of type recorded.
See (S1).

Finder, in letter to British Museum, describes his garden as 'backing onto the Roman site'. No finds behind house known to NCM/NAU.
Information from Ralph Jackson, BM (PRBA).
House no longer known as Newhaven, now 3 Nursery Lane.
House shown, but not named on OS 1:2500 map.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 6 July 1984.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF62445 Article in Serial: Jackson, R.. 1985. Cosmetic sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain.. Britannia. Vol XVI. pp 165-192.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF2772 Article in Serial: Trett, R. 1983. Roman Bronze 'Grooved Pendants' from East Anglia. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII Pt III pp 219-234. pp 219-220, 232.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (2)

PALETTE (COSMETIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PENDANT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Hockwold cum Wilton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 28 2012 11:08AM