NHER 29060 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age and Roman finds
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Summary
Metal detecting during a watching brief at this site before the construction of the southern Norwich bypass recovered part of a Bronze Age rapier, a Roman brooch, Roman coins, a Roman pin and a possible Roman stylus.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1991 to 1992. Watching brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Sites 52 to 53.
Bronze Age rapier fragment
7 Roman coins, 2 brooches, 2 pins, ?stylus
See unpublished document (S2) for further details.
See published monograph (S3) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
- <S2> SNF57633 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
- <S3> SNF50478 Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (6)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (Undated)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STYLUS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 2 2024 11:58AM