Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8901 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman period pottery sherds, organic and human remains |
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Summary
Construction work to extend a sewer in 1961 recovered Roman pottery sherds, including samian ware, part of a human skull, leather fragments and animal bones over 1.8m deep in peat.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0951 0296 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00SE |
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| Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1961. Found in extending sewage works. 6ft (1.8m) deep in peat.
Roman sherds including Samian and part of Human skull; leather and animal bones.
Leather, sherds [1] and skull [2] in NCM.
Details in secondary file.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MANUFACTURING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (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. Wymondham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Wymondham. |
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