Record Details

NHER Number:9844
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman building

Summary

A scatter of Roman tesserae and tiles found here suggests this was the site of a Roman building. Roman coins, brooches and a post medieval figure of a cupid may also have been found here.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 23 03
Map Sheet:TG20SW
Parish:CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1933.
Tiles and tessera.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Part of large scatter NHER 28456.

1988. Metal detecting.
'From marsh'
Probably from site NHER 13222, but possible this area.
Two Hod Hill brooches.
T shaped brooch of sawfish type.
Three coins of Vespasian.
Post medieval figure of cupid holding a dove.
Identified by D. Gurney (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1988.

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TESSERA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SW 23.
---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. Caistor St Edmund.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records

28456Part of: Possible Roman building and multi-period finds (Monument)
9849Related to: Cropmarks of a possible Roman building (Monument)
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