NHER 29621 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and Roman silver coin hoard

October 1992-December 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Field survey on proposed route of bypass (Field 3837):
8 prehistoric flint flakes, 1 core and 1 blade.
1 Roman coin (at [1]; Context 1) comprising early Roman coins.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
See report (S1) and plans and lists in file for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2). See also report on coin hoard (S3)/(S4) and newspaper articles (S5)-(S6).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.178).
E. Rose (NLA), 31 March 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

1993-1994. Further metal-detecting.
Additional metal-detecting in late 1993, followed by an extensive search after ploughing in mid 1994.
Finds of other Roman coins, also Iron Age, medieval and post medieval coins.
These finds suggest that the Roman coins recovered to date represent a scattered hoard.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 April 2015.

September 1994. Watching Brief.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping in vicinity of hoard findspot.
An undated gully was the only archaeologically significant feature identified.
Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint flake.
2 additional Roman coins.
1 post-medieval button and other, modern objects that were discarded.
See report (S7) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S8).
E. Rose (NLA), 21 April 1995.

Twenty one more coins from the hoard found by [1] were declared Treasure Trove December 1995.
No details yet received from NCM on these.
See (S9).
E. Rose (NLA), 21 December 1995.