Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24052 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Roman settlement |
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Summary
The large number of coins and other Roman metalwork which have been found by metal detecting suggest that this is the site of a small Roman settlement. Early Saxon and medieval metalwork has also been found.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70SE |
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| Parish: | COCKLEY CLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1987. Found with metal detecting.
Over 100 Roman coins, fragment of a finger ring, brooch fragments.
1988. Found with metal detecting.
Iron Age coin, Roman coins, Early Saxon brooch, medieval coins, finger ring, buckles and other metalwork.
1990. Found with metal detecting.
Roman coins and brooch, and Early Saxon brooches.
Details in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 November 1990.
This is probably the site of a small Roman settlement, the large number of coins, and pottery which have been found on this site suggest that it was occupied between the 3rd and 4th centuries.
S. Spooner (NLA), 5 September 2005.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: 1990. LCF 2-4, Saxon brooch fragment.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: EGB 29-31 (brooches) EUE 1-4 EQQ. |
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