NHER 20749 (Monument record) - Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1983. Field Ordnance Survey Great Fransham 256. Field walking finds.
Large numbers of Roman sherds including Oxfordshire colour coated, ?Samian, rusticated, coarse.
Flint tools and ?prehistoric sherds.
Medieval sherds including Grimston, late medieval/early post medieval.
Post medieval sherds including glazed red earthenware.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 23 October 1984.
18 December 1989. Field walking and metal detecting finds.
Context 24: abortive metal detecting survey (rained off).
Casually collected pottery, 2 Roman coins, see 1:2500; copper alloy bar ?Roman
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) March 1992
Early October 1996. Metal detecting finds.
2 Roman coins.
See list in file.
Roman ?1st century brooch fragment. Head only, hinged, corroded.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA).
See (S2) for locations (coins 'A' and 'B' and brooch 'C').
A. Rogerson (NLA) 24 January 1997.
September/October 2006. Metal detecting.
2 Roman coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 November 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (7)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 12 2021 11:19AM