Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4431 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman pewter hoard |
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Summary
In 1843 a hoard of Roman pewter vessels including a bowl and a cup found in 1843 close to the New Bedford River.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WELNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1843. In a field 0.5 miles from New Bedford River.
Hoard of three or six pewter vessels including bowl and cup, 15cm (6in) diameter.
In 1844 a 27.9cm (11in) diameter bowl was in the possession of Reverend G. Huddlesham of Outwell.
Drawings in (S1), (S2) and (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 59 SW 5. |
| --- | 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. Welney. |
| <S1> | Documentary Source: Various. Drawings, engravings and etchings, including numerous portraits, maps, etc, collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk" 1810-1847. Add MS 23024-23052. Vol XXIII; f.186 (Add MS 23046). |
| <S2> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 311, 322. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: 1950. Proceedings of Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIII, p 19. p 19. |
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