Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10316 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a possible Roman villa |
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Summary
The discovery of Roman pottery, coins, roof tiles, painted wall plaster and a highly decorated and enamelled fragment of a Roman bowl, suggest that this is the site of a high status Roman building. This site is close to the Early Saxon cemetery NHER 1011.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 30 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30SW |
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| Parish: | BERGH APTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1955. About 200m (650 feet) west of Town Farm.
Removal of topsoil in gravel pit revealed much Roman pottery 2nd to 3rd century, roof tiles and coin ?Antoninianus of Carausius, daub, copper alloy enamelled handle from copper bowl, see (S1), bone pin, sheep and horse bones. Painted wall plaster.
A. Gregory, (NAU)
Site visited R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Carausius coin. Obverse, IMP CARAVSIVS PF.AVG.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Monument Types
- BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 4. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Bergh Apton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
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