NHER 28497 (Find Spot record) - Roman finds

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Summary

A Roman pottery sherd was found by chance at this location in 1990. Subsequent metal-detecting between 2023 and 2024 recovered a number of additional Roman finds, including a brooch, cosmetic or medical spoon and fragments of a copper alloy vessel or vessel-like object.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM18SE
Civil Parish DICKLEBURGH AND RUSHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1990. Stray Find.
Found on Dickleburgh Moor at [1]:
Roman greyware base, very fine.
Information from [2].
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA), 7 September 1990.
W. Milligan (NCM), 10 September 1990

October 2023-January 2024. Metal-detecting [3].
Roman brooch, cosmetic, medical or toilet spoon and incomplete copper alloy vessel/platter or vessel-like object.
Information from PAS import.
Site expanded to whole field, mapped to the edge of the moor area created in 2017.
H. Hamilton (HES), 14 August 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 22 June 2025

Associated Sources (0)

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
  • MEDICAL IMPLEMENT / COSMETIC SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jul 25 2025 12:44AM

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