Record Details

NHER Number:7322
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman stew pans

Summary

In 1953 two Roman copper alloy stew pans were found a short distance northwest of Bluestone Station. One was decorated with motifs, while the other had a crescentic hole at the end of the handle.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 1379 2682
Map Sheet:TG12NW
Parish:OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1953. On east side of Holt Road 0.25 miles northwest of Bluestone Station.
Two Roman bronze stew pans found in ploughing at depth of 45cm (1ft 6in) in clay.

1. Palisade decoration on band below rim. Ovolo motif on handle and corded border on edge of disc.
2. Crescentic hole in handle end (S1).

For saucepans see (S2), and Weiser in (S3).
Site visited by R. R. Clarke (NCM) 4 March 1954
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

(S4) N.B. not Suffolk as published - E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
Notes by R. R. Clarke (NCM) in file.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Serial: 1954. Council for British Archaeology Group VII Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 1. p 3.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 12 NW 4.
---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. Oulton.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Monograph: Beesterd, D.. 1956. The Bronze Vessels in the Rijksmuseum G. M. Kein at Nijmagen.. p 11, cf nos 12, 28, 229..
<S2>Article in Serial: 1933. [unknown]. Benava. Vol XI.
<S3>Article in Serial: Ekholm. 1942. Marburger Studien.. Acta Archaeologia. Vol XIII, p 203.
<S4>Monograph: Eggers, H.. 1966. Romische Bronzegefabe in Britannien.. JRGZM. Vol 13, p 106 + Abb 25.

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