Record Details

NHER Number:40976
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2004 and 2018 recovered a possible Roman quern fragment; Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds, Roman tile fragments; Roman and medieval coins, a post-medieval jetton; aswell as medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include medieval to post-medieval dress accessories and copper alloy vessel fragments. The amount of Roman pottery fragments and coins which have been found on this site suggest the presence of a small Roman settlement.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 99 05
Map Sheet:TF90NE
Parish:CRANWORTH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September/October 2004. Metal detecting.
Concentration of Roman sherds in north corner of field.
Medieval sherds and 1 medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 November 2004.

October/November 2004. Metal detecting.
1 post medieval jetton.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
2 Roman coins.
1 Roman tile fragment.
?Roman quern fragment.
Medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 December 2004.

August-September 2005. Metal detecting.
One Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 October 2005.

Before August 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 September 2018.

Description from record MNF72762:
Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Methods of discovery: Metal detector

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 275 AD to 285 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 285 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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