NHER 5465 (Find Spot record) - Roman cauldron hoard and Iron Age and Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1974. Found with metal detector in peaty soil on sand, top of hoard 30cm to 38cm (12 to 15') below surface.
3 copper alloy cauldrons side by side in one a patera/strainer and cruciform handle: in the other a copper alloy bowl, containing another, which contained wooden handle, iron ladle flat handle (copper alloy), all covered with an iron pan.
Dolphin brooch nearby.
E. Rose (NAU)
December 1997. Metal detecting finds.
2 Roman coins. See list in file.
Round section ring, rather better made than most rings. Decorated with 3 pairs of oblique grooves (set in herring bone fashion) on the outer face, any other decoration is obscured by corrosion. Clearly old, Roman to medieval, but otherwise not dateable. Interior diameter 19mm, exterior diameter 25mm.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 31 January 1998.
January & March 1999. Metal detecting.
2 Roman coins near cauldron find spot, and 1 at NGR (see Notes).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 September 2001.
6 October 1999 and 5 January 2000. Metal detecting.
2 Roman coins, Roman finger ring and sherds.
Close to cauldron find spot.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 November 2000.
26 March 2002. Metal detecting.
Late Iron Age/Early Roman brooch.
?Roman terret? (S1)
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 April 2002.
22 May 2007. Metal detecting.
Hod Hill brooch.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 July 2007.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Hockwold Cum Wilton.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2500 Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. pp 4-5.
- <S1> SNF80817 Illustration: Unknown. 2002. Sketch of a possible Roman terret.. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (11)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- RING (Undated)
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CAULDRON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STRAINER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2021 7:50AM