Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4778 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Northwold Hoard B |
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Summary
Peat fen ploughing in the winter of 1959-60 revealed a group of three large Roman pewter plates (Hoard B). This find hoard was some 91m south-south-west of Hoard A.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7168 9719 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Winter 1959-60. About 549m (1800ft) northwest of White House (37.5m (123ft) north of northwest corner of Plot 43).
Peat fen ploughing revealed a group of three large pewter plates (Hoard B). This Roman find hoard was some 91m (100yds) southsouthwest of Hoard A. A trial hole dug August 18 1960 showed at least 1.2m (4ft) of peat at site.
NCM holds artefacts and took photographs of them (museum photos M-1413-1416). See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PLATE (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 79 NW 4 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 4. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Northwold. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1960. [unknown]. Journal of Roman Studies. Vol L, p 228. p 228. |
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