Monument record WMM 002 - Priory Farm
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Summary
Lead coffin, enclosed in a wooden one, angle irons preserved.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0720 3823 (100m by 101m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM03NE |
| Civil Parish | WENHAM MAGNA, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Lead coffin, enclosed in a wooden one, angle irons preserved. Male skeleton (S2). Two grey ware folded beakers, a glass bottle. ? C3-C4 (OS). Found in the farm stockyard.
Basil Brown was part of the Ipswich Museum team which excavated and removed the coffin and its contents on 7th May 1952. He gives details of this, a cutting from The Evening Star and ten photographs of the coffin and site (S1).
In 2011 a telephone caller suggested that a second coffin was found but not reported in the same location shortly after the excavation of the first one. (S3)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <R1> SSF10151 (No record type): Journal Roman Studies, 43, 122.
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, IX 63 65-67 ; LXIV 19 ; LXVIII 1-3 ; XCVI 152 ; XC BH05 BJH1.
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes.
- <S2> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1952-91, 1952.
- <S3> SSF53809 Verbal communication: ?. 2011. Conversation recorded in digital MS Word document held in Parish archive. Digital note of anonymous phone conversation.
- <S4> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (4)
- FSF8804: COFFIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF8805: COFFIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF8806: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF8807: BOTTLE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Apr 9 2021 2:31PM