Monument record EXG 054 - `Field 2'

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Summary

June 1995: Rom finds from rapid metal detector survey.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6235 6476 (83m by 45m) Centred on
Map sheet TL66SW
Civil Parish NEWMARKET, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish EXNING, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

June 1995: Rom finds from rapid metal detector survey of small cultivated field (finder's `Field 2') within area of mainly paddocks. On (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Said to be few finds of pottery, most non-metallic finds not collected & metal finds restricted to items identified using discriminator on detector (i.e. no lead or iron). Other PMed detector finds (details in (S2)) include musket balls etc. Rom finds listed as silver/iron forgery of a denarius of P CLODIUS (41 BC), 32 C3-C4 bronze coins, and various sherds of pottery (S2).
June 1996: Further 81 (mainly Rom but including one of Henry VII) coins from EXG 053 & 054, plus lots of pottery and worked flints (S1). Details to follow?

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): Millward S (EDARG) per SAU (CP), June 1995 & June 1996.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S2).
  • <S2> Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. SAU, Plouviez J, finds reports and Rom coin ID lists, June & August 1995.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 6 2012 2:42PM

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