Record Details

NHER Number:3302
Type of record:Monument
Name:Iron Age and Roman finds

Summary

Rabbit burrows have unearthed Roman and Iron Age pottery and metal working waste from this site. Later metal detecting has found two Roman brooches, including a horse and rider brooch and two Roman coins.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 66 23
Map Sheet:TF62SE
Parish:CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1936. See Notes.
Roman finds from rabbit burrows. Scraps of iron slag; grey paste sherds; small bowls, dishes; few Castor types.
Information from P. L. K. Schwabe.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

(S1) marks this as Roman and Iron Age pottery.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 November 1980.

January 1993. Metal detecting.
Roman 2nd century copper alloy disc brooch.
Roman 2nd century copper alloy horse and rider brooch.
Two Roman coins. See form in file.
L. Brewster (KLM), 25 May 1993.

Monument Types

  • SITE (placename, Undated)
  • SITE (Undated)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SE 10.
---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. Castle Rising.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.

Related records - none

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