Record Details

NHER Number:9845
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Roman building

Summary

Roman tiles, flint and a 2nd century AD Roman coin were found here. This may suggest that there was a Roman building here. A possible parchmark has been recorded in this area under NHER 52211.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2309 0290
Map Sheet:TG20SW
Parish:CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1930.
Tiles, flints.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1988.
Denarius of Diva Faustina, AETERNITAS, Rome mint AD 141.
See (S1).
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 7 November 1988.

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A possible sub-rectangular parchmark at TG 2309 0291, recorded under NHER 52211, may relate to the site of this possible building and finds of tiles. Although it was entirely possible that this parchmark is in fact derived from a naturally occurring deposit.
S. Horlock (NMP), 24 March 2009.

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (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 20 SW 24.
---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. Caistor St Edmund.
<S1>Serial: Sutherland, C.H.V. & Carson, R.A.G.. 1984. Roman Imperial Coinage.. Volume 7. 3; 344.

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