NHER 6274 (Find Spot record) - Roman pottery and coins
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1885. Weybourne Hope. West of houses.
'Roman pottery found 1855'. Ordnance Survey. No evidence for date.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Ordnance Survey card states that the date should really be 1885.
Found in altering a drainage channel.
E. Rose (NAU).
However letter from informant [1] states that 'Bolding found coins and pottery on Dary Hill, at bottom of Beck Lane to the west'.
This would indicate this site.
He states this note came from correspondence dated about 1840 to 1870 which he went through in 1970, then in possession of Miss Bowden-Smith.
The letters have since been destroyed, except for a few, but no other information on the material has been found.
Letter (S1) from informant in file.
Coins in NCM.
E. Rose (NAU).
Early 1980.
Area of 19th century finds. Found protruding from remains of cliff.
Base and lower wall of Roman grey jar or bowl, probably 1st to 2nd century AD.
Seen by A. K. Gregory (NAU), 13 June 1980.
A. K. Gregory (NAU), 16 June 1980.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 14 SW 1.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF68467 Correspondence: Mellor, J. F. M., Brigadier (Rtd.). 1978. Letter to A. Rogerson (NAU). 21 March.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 7 2016 12:34PM