Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20442 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman and post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Roman coins, a decorated neck ring and brooch were recovered as surface finds in the winter of 1983-84, while metal-detecting in 2015 recovered a post-medieval coin.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 73 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Winter 1983/4. Stray finds from field to the northeast of main Roman site. Found while chopping out sugar-beet.
A selection of Roman metal artefacts were found. These included a Fowler type C copper alloy penannular brooch: ring of lozenge section with pin missing, part of a copper alloy neck ring with ring and dot decoration and one hooked terminal (Drawing and details to follow). Also a Roman coin (not yet seen at NCM or NAU) and a coin in east part of field with others to the west.
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU) 4 June 1984.
Findspot of neck ring now relocated by [1] at NHER 20582 at location [2]. Penannular brooch findspot remains the same.
A. Gregory (NAU) 17 August 1984.
September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NECK RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PENANNULAR BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Archive: Site Archive. |
Related records - none
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