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Record Details

NHER Number:30277
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable Roman settlement

Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking recovered a range of finds dating from the Bronze Age to the post medieval period. Within these finds were a large number of Roman objects in a concentrated area. These Roman finds include coins, pieces of pottery, brooches, brick and tile, a knife handle and finger rings. This is probably part of the site of a small Roman settlement. Other finds include a Bronze Age awl, an Early Saxon brooch, medieval and post medieval coins and tokens and pieces of Bronze Age, Iron Age, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pot. Undated metal working debris was also found.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF81SE
Parish:LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January 1994. Gridded fieldwalking in progress. 'Field 5'.
Context 1.
General scatter: details to come.

Context 2.
Roman pottery concentration, part of same as in NHER 30273 context 2.
Bronze Age, ?Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon and medieval pottery.
Some Roman brick/tile.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 January 1994.

January 1994. Gridded fieldwalking by [1], generally located finds by [2] produced the following.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Roman building material etc.
Details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 February 1994.

1994. Metal-detecting and gridded fieldwalking.
Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds.
Roman tile fragments.
Further Roman metalwork, including a gold finger ring (S1) [3].
Early Saxon brooch.
Medieval and post-medieval metalwork.
See lists in file.
The gold finger was found before the implementation of the Treasure Act. As the product of casual loss, it does not meet the requirement for Treasure. See [3] for further information.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 May 1994. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 8 January 2021.

May 1994.
Further Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval sherds.
Bronze molten droplets, perhaps ?Roman.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 June 1994.

1994. Metal detecting finds.
Further Roman and medieval coins.
Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval, early post-medieval and undated objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 September 1994.

October 1994. Metal detecting finds.
Twelve fragments of molten bronze, weight 110g, ?date.
Conical weight, lead, weight 54g, ?date.
Hemispherical weight, lead, central hole, weight 22g, ?date.
Thetford-type: two jar and one bowl rims, eight body sherds (some of latter might be Roman).
two body sherds medieval unglazed.
Roman finger ring with inscription (S2).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
One body sherd ?Roman coarse.
Roman ?knife handle. Oval section bronze knob/terminal with circular shaft and iron adhering.
Sixteen Roman coins. List in file.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA).
17th century openwork hollow button.
Early post-medieval harness mount with two spikes on reverse.
Four rings, probably from medieval buckles/brooches.
Fragment ?medieval buckle plate with punched triangular dots.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 December 1994.

October 1994. Metal detecting finds.
Thirteen more Roman coins. See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 January 1995.

Early 1995. Within area of dark earth with pottery as reported May 1994.
Thetford-type three jar and one bowl rims.
One body sherds Thetford-type and Roman grey, predominantly former.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 April 1995.

November 1995. Metal detecting finds.
Five Roman and one medieval coins.
Bronze Age awl, (S3).
Late Saxon weight.
Medieval balance.
Slag, undated sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 January 1996.

September 1996. Metal detecting find.
One Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 November 1996.

Early 1997. Metal detecting finds. [1].
Two Roman coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 August 1997.

Monument Types

  • SETTLEMENT? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRICK (Undated)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • PENDANT (Undated)
  • POT (Undated)
  • POT (Undated)
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • TILE (Undated)
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PENDANT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: HAN 7-17.
---Photograph: 1994. LDP 13-15, Romano British key..
---Photograph: 1994. LDP 16-22, Romano British gold ring..
---Photograph: 1994. LDP 23-285, Two Romano British fittings..
---Photograph: 1994. LDY 18-19, Early Saxon brooch..
---Photograph: 1994. LDY 32-35, Brooch with ring and dot decoration..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: 1994. LEF 1-4, Early Saxon brooch..
<S1>Illustration: Ludford, R.. Unknown. Drawing of a Roman gold finger-ring.. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 1994. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy ring.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Drawing of a Bronze Age awl fragment.. Film. 1:1.

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