Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20378 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1983 and 2013 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and post-medieval tile fragments; post-medieval brick fragments; Late Iron Age and Roman coins; a post-medieval token and Iron Age, Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age button/toggle; Roman brooches, a harness mount and strap-end; a medieval belt plate, casket key, candlestick and harness pendant and a post-medieval bell, candlestick, spoon, coin weight, trade weight, lead caryatid and hinge.
This is the site of a Roman settlement that extends to the south-west into NHER 20377.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1983 to 1984. Hales Survey site 114.
Half grown barley with few blank areas, tractor tracks etc.
Context 1 western half field (may continue 20377 c2)
2 Roman flanged bowl rims,
6 Roman greyware jar rims,
38 Roman greyware sherds.
5 sherds medieval unglazed.
6 Late medieval/Trans.
1 16th century glazed; 10 glazed red earthenware; 4 stoneware; 1 Staffs combed slipware.
2 Roman tiles.
Context 2, east part of field.
Roman greyware sherd, and 2 other possibles.
3 medieval unglazed sherds.
7 glazed red earthenware; 1 maltkiln tile; post medieval tile and brick.
(S1) in file.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 15 May 1984.
1997. Metal detecting finds. [1].
Iron Age button and loop fastener, (S3).
Roman brooch, harness mount, strap-end.
11 3rd/4th century coins.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 21 November 1997.
Medieval belt plate, casket key, candlestick.
Post medieval bell, candlestick, spoon, coin weight, trade weight, lead caryatid.
See lists in file and polaroids and drawing of Iron Age object.
W. Milligan (NCM) 23 September 1997.
Previously reported.
See file for description by H.M. Geake (A&E) of Roman brooch found in 1997.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 April 2000.
(S2) records this as the site of a Roman settlement, extending into NHER 20377.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 24 May 2006.
August-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Late Iron Age coin.
2 Roman pottery sherds and brooch.
Medieval harness pendant.
1 post-medieval token and a hinge.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 7 February 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- TOGGLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 20 BC to 10 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
- MORTARIUM (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
- CANDLE HOLDER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1200 AD)
- BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CANDLE HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIGURINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 114. Hales. |
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 49. p 21. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Holness, A.. 1997. Drawing of an Iron Age button and loop fastener.. Paper. 1:1. |
Related records
| 20377 | Related to: Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds (Find Spot) |
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