Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1386 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman quern |
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Summary
A Roman puddingstone quern was reported as being on a farm in 1950. Also at this time a stray find of an undated brooch was reported.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 753 411 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | CHOSELEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Puddingstone quern found but not preserved.
Information from R. R. Clarke (NCM).
E.Rose (NAU).
However in 1950 This quern was noted in a barn at the farm; it had an iron rim in the centre hole and a band of iron round the topstone; it was this band that was not preserved. A boy found a 'brooch' here also but lost it again (see file under 1323).
E. Rose (NAU).
29 August 1979. E. Rose told that this quern is no longer at the farm.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Undated)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 74 SE 8. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Norfolk's spooky past. 27 October. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Choseley. |
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