Monument record NHC 007 - Roman artefact scatter of features and finds.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 4591 8929 (50m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TM48NE |
Civil Parish | NORTH COVE, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Rom features and finds exposed when topsoil stripped for new road to Ellough Airfield Industrial Estate. Features seen and pottery & tile fragments collected in area of junction with Beccles by-pass (S1). Pottery, box tile, two coins (?Faustina and Licinius AD 307-318) and top stone of puddingstone quern found in same area (S2). No material evident on rest of new road to S (S3).
Previous finds in this area include Rom pottery from NHC 004 and two Rom coins (one early C4, the other Valens rev: Salus Reipublicae AD 364-378) found somewhere in this vicinity (S4).
Coin, Follis of Constantine I AD 313-315, minted at Trier RIC Vol VII 39. Diameter 22mm (S5).
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF3141 (No record type): Carr R & West S E, SAU, 1989.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report, (S2).
- <S2> SSF1359 (No record type): Bond A (GMDC), 1989.
- <S3> SSF16435 (No record type): Plouviez J, SAU, 1989.
- <S4> SSF17327 (No record type): Pye A, approximately 1981.
- <S5> SSF12246 (No record type): NWHCM, Norfolk Archaeol index primary record card (Green E B), February 1981.
Finds (5)
- FSF15931: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF15932: POTTERY SAMIAN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF15933: FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF15934: COIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF15935: QUERN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Aug 20 2013 3:13PM