Record Details
NHER Number: | 648 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Roman copper alloy lamp, St Augustine's Gate |
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Summary
A Roman copper alloy lamp was found in about 1760.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 22790 09619 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
In or before 1760.
Bronze lamp like a frog or human foot.
In (S1): '11th December 1760. At Antiquaries Society Mr. Baker showed Roman lamp in form of foot by Austin Gate Norwich and thereabouts many more Roman antiquities are found'.
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Serial: Stukeley. Diaries.. Vol III. p 31. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman. |
<S1> | Publication: Gough's Camden. II. p 188. |
<S2> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 319. |
Related records
26160 | Part of: Site of St Augustine's Gate (Monument) |
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