NHER 31423 (Find Spot record) - Roman and undated finds, A143 Brockdish-Needham bypass (Brockdish, poorly located; Needham, poorly located)

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Summary

Metal-detecting undertaken during the construction of the A143 Brockdish-Needham bypass in 1995 a small number of objects from relocated topsoil being used for roadside banks. These included a Roman brooch and an undated lead weight or spindle whorl.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BROCKDISH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish NEEDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1995. Watching Brief.
Metal-detecting undertaken during the construction of the A143 Brockdish to Needham bypass recovered a small number number of objects from relocated topsoil being used for roadside banks:
1 undated lead weight or spindle whorl and unidentified copper alloy object.
1 Roman copper alloy Colchester-type one-piece brooch.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.333).
S.Bates (NAU) 2 August 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015 and 16 December 2022.

The origin of the objects cannot be more precisely obtained other than that they were from spoil heaps from the roadworks. For full identifications see report (S1).
E.Rose (NLA) 25 September 1995.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 1995. Report on Watching Brief on the Brockdish - Needham Bypass. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 134.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 398.
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 16 2022 11:20AM

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