Record Details
NHER Number: | 2996 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Possible Roman millstone and waterlogged wooden stakes |
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Summary
In 1968 the remains of a gritted millstone were recovered from a gravel pit in this area. It may date from the Roman period. Several waterlogged wooden stakes recovered at the same time may also be Roman, perhaps part of a domestic structure, but this interpretation is very uncertain.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 0204 1931 |
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Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1968. While digging gravel 60 ft (18m) west of River Wensum at 4 to 5ft (1.2m - 1.5m) deep? In base of peat.
Grit millstone (broken) and pointed circular stakes 6 inch (15cm) diam, number and arrangement unknown, very pulpy and waterlogged ?Roman. Two fragments of upper stone and three fragments of lower stone.
Information from P. Wade-Martins (NAU).
E.B. Green (NCM) & W. Milligan (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- MILLSTONE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WORKED OBJECT (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. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Swanton Morley. |
Related records - none
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