Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4438 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Roman settlement |
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Summary
The cropmarks and soilmarks of a Roman settlement dating from between the 1st and the 4th centuries AD were first recorded at this site in the early 1930s. An excavation in 1935 revealed the remains of two rectangular timber buildings and several human skeletons. Roman pottery, coins and other finds including a bracelet and a leather sandal have been recovered from the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 533 939 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL59SW |
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| Parish: | WELNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1932 to 1939.
Aerial photograph record of Roman settlement.
1935 to 1936.
Excavation of Roman settlement.
1952 to 1953.
Further excavation - Roman sherds, bracelet (S1) [1], coins.
1978.
Finds of Roman sherds.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 23 July 1990.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHOE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL5293C, TL5393A-F, TL5394A-C. |
| --- | Monograph: Phillips, C.W. (ed.). 1970. The Fenland in Roman Times: studies of a major area of peasant colonization with a gazetteer covering all known sites and finds.. Royal Geographical Society Research Series. No 5, pp 231-3. pp 231-233. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 59 SW 3.2 [8]; TL 59 SW 4 [2]. |
| --- | 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. Welney [2]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Sketch of a Roman jet bracelet fragment. Paper. Not to scale. |
Related records - none
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