Record Details

NHER Number:24860
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval coin, Thetford Bypass

Summary

A medieval coin was found on a spoil heap in 1988.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8915 8526
Map Sheet:TL88NE
Parish:CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1988. In spoil from area marked on map.
Short cross penny Henry II or III, moneyer RICARD. London mint 1180-1247.
See details in file.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM)
A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1988.

At about the same time as the above find a stone plaque inscribed TOLLGATE was found by the roadbuilders at this approximate point and set up by the roadside.
See NHER 50020 for details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 25 July 2008.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>*Verbal Communication: P Tolhurst, Breckland Council. 1989. [unknown].

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