Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29621 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds and Roman silver coin hoard |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in advance of the Brockdish to Needham bypass recovered prehistoric flint flakes, part of a Roman coin hoard and medieval pieces of pot. Later metal detecting recovered more of the hoard and also Iron Age, medieval and post medieval coins. The hoard contained at least twenty nine silver denarii dated to 109 BC to 64 AD.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28SW |
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| Parish: | NEEDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1992-December 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Field survey on proposed route of bypass (Field 3837):
8 prehistoric flint flakes, 1 core and 1 blade.
1 Roman coin (at [1]; Context 1) comprising early Roman coins.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
See report (S1) and plans and lists in file for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2). See also report on coin hoard (S3)/(S4) and newspaper articles (S5)-(S6).
E. Rose (NLA), 31 March 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015.
1993-1994. Further metal-detecting.
Additional metal-detecting in late 1993, followed by an extensive search after ploughing in mid 1994.
Finds of other Roman coins, also Iron Age, medieval and post medieval coins.
These finds suggest that the Roman coins recovered to date represent a scattered hoard.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 April 2015.
September 1994. Watching Brief.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping in vicinity of hoard findspot.
An undated gully was the only archaeologically significant feature identified.
Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint flake.
2 additional Roman coins.
1 post-medieval button and other, modern objects that were discarded.
See report (S7) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S8).
E. Rose (NLA), 21 April 1995.
Twenty one more coins from the hoard found by [1] were declared Treasure Trove December 1995.
No details yet received from NCM on these.
See (S9).
E. Rose (NLA), 21 December 1995.
Monument Types
- GULLY (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1993. Report of Fieldwork on the A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass 1992. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 14. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. p 117. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Report: Davies, J. 1993. The Needham Hoard of Roman Coins. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Davies, J.A.. 1993. Needham Hoard, Norfolk Catalogue. |
| <S5> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Roman's wage unearthed. 13 January. |
| <S6> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Fleeing soldier theory on coins. 18 February. |
| <S7> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1994. A143 Brockdish/Needham Bypass. Watching Brief at Needham Roman Hoard Site. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 104. |
| <S8> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 231. |
| <S9> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Roman treasure on road route hidden cache turns up after 2000 years. 21 December. |
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