NHER 9859 (Find Spot record) - Roman coins and Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery

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Summary

A Roman coin was found in a flower bed on the edge of the tennis court at Caistor Old Hall in 1985. Further metal-detecting and field collection in 2005 yielded a further Roman coin and Roman, medieval, and post-medieval pottery sherds.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June 1985. On edge of tennis court in flower bed.
Copper alloy coin of Valens, Valentinian I or Gratian GLORIA ROMANORVM AD 364 to 378.
Information from HER Record Card (S2).
Identified by A. K. Gregory (NAU), June 1985.
W. F. Milligan (NCM), 5 July 1985.

2005. Metal detecting.
One Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 August 2005.

Before 12 May 2005. Surface collection in garden of hotel. Site enlarged.
Roman sherds, one medieval and one post medieval sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 June 2006.

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a Roman building were noted at this location and recorded on a Norwich Castle Museum map (S3) at some time prior to 1974.
These are now recorded under NHER 52271. A programme of aerial investigation undertaken in 2009 examined this area, but the results were inconclusive. See NHER 52271 for further details.
S. Horlock (NMP), 24 March 2009. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 19 November 2024.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Caistor St Edmund.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S3> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (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

Nov 21 2024 3:36PM