NHER 28054 (Monument record) - Barrow with undated beads and Roman coin (Downham Market, poorly located; Wymondham, poorly located)

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Summary

Two beads and a Roman coin of Constantine were found when a barrow was excavated near Downham or Downham Heath in 1839.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish DOWNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1839. Excavation.
'Two beads and an Roman coin found when digging a tumulus near Downham'.
See (S1).
E. B. Green (KLM).

'Coin of Constantine and two small glass beads found on Downham Heath'.
See (S2).

(S3) assumes this is Downham in Wymondham Outsoken. E. B. Green (KLM) suggests Downham Market. No record exists for any similar find from these parishes, and no 'Heath' found in either place. Did the 'Heath' slip in as an error? Could there be any confusion with Santon Downham, Suffolk?
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1991.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: 1839. Account of first AGM of Norfolk and Norwich Museum. p 13.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Committee Of The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. 1853. A Catalogue of The Antiquities in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. p 18.
  • <S3> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
  • BEAD (Undated)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 9:57AM

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