NHER 29778 (Monument record) - Roman object scatter and probable settlement

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Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking at this location during 1993-94 recovered a variety of Roman artefacts. Finds included numerous coins, a flue tile fragment, an incomplete armlet and shell gritted ware pottery sherds. This is likely to represent an area of Romano-British settlement.

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Location

Map sheet	TM29NW
Civil Parish	SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 1993. Found with metal detector.
Roman coins.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 5 May 1993.
J. Davies (NCM) 5 May 1993.

November 1993. Found with metal detecting and fieldwalking.
Fragment of Roman combed flue tile.
Incomplete Roman armlet. Decorated with milled and grooved decoration.
Identified by J.Davies (NCM) 4 January 1994.
J. Davies (NCM) 4 January 1994.

January/February 1994.
Twenty-four Roman coins. See list in file. Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
Roman shell-gritted rim sherd.
Roman jug handle.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 June 1995.

Associated Sources (1)

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (5)

BRACELET (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)