Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2997 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman cauldron, bowl, animal remains and pottery sherds |
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Summary
Dredging of the River Wensum in 1947 recovered a large piece, probably half, of a large Roman bronze cauldron with an iron band around the rim and circular iron handles on T-shaped mountings. A copper alloy bowl was also found in the same area, as well as horse and sheep bone and Roman pottery sherds. The cauldron was found to contain hazel.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0147 1931 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1947. Stray Find.
Dredging of the River Wensum at the east end of Burgh Common extracted from the river bank in peat about half a large bronze cauldron with iron band round rim and circular iron handles on T-shaped mountings.
Same bite of dredgers' grab revealed half of a circular bronze bowl, 12 ins (30cm) diameter and 5 3/4 ins (15cm) high.
Some Roman pottery sherds were also dredged from the river close to this site but are not associated.
The cauldron contained hazel.
Charcoal, left radius of small horse and right tibia of sheep were also found at same spot.
The cauldron is 18 3/4 inches to 19 inches (50cm) diameter, and a hole in its base was plugged with lead. Analysis of cauldron by A. G. Coe in 1947 revealed around 24% tin and around 76% copper, but no trace of zinc. The cauldron and bowl are probably 2nd or 3rd century AD.
CM24 photo of bronze bowl.
Correspondence with M. Maryce.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
These objects were donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1947.193).
See correspondence in file and outline sketch (S4) of bowl.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CAULDRON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PLANT REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NW 6 [2]. |
| --- | 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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1947. -. 22 March. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: -. 1948. Roman Britain in 1947. Journal of Roman Studies. Vol XXXVIII pp 81-104. p 90. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: 1949. [unknown]. American Journal of Archaeology. |
| <S4> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [unknown]. Outline sketch of a Roman copper alloy bowl from the River Wensum. Paper. 1:1. |
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