Record Details

NHER Number:16272
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Hinge from Roman armour

Summary

A copper alloy hinge from Roman lorica (body armour), found in the 1950s or 1960s.

Images - none

Location

Parish:HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1950s or 1960s? Circumstances of discovery unknown.
Probably from one of the Roman sites along the Little Ouse, certainly from Hockwold area.
Copper alloy Roman lorica hinge.
Seen by A. Gregory (NAU) 27 June 1980.
A. Gregory (NAU) 30 June 1980.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ARMOUR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HINGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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