Poorly Located Find Spot record HVH 110 - Roman glass urn, Nosterfield End

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Summary

Glass urn hermitically sealed, containing a considerable number of bones, and a lachrymatory, found at Osterfield, 1758 (S2). Formerly recorded as HVH MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 6500 4500 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TL64NE
Civil Parish HAVERHILL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Glass urn hermitically sealed, containing a considerable number of bones, and a lachrymatory, found at Osterfield, 1758 (S2).
A short distance from Haverhill, still not on, but a little distance from the main line, and probably a Rom burial place, said to be the resting place of the remains of Scapula Ostorius at one time the Roman governor of Britain who died AD 55 (S1).
See Withersfield WTH 001.

Formerly recorded as HVH MISC

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 4, 100.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Barker, H. R.. 1907. West Suffolk Illustrated. 179.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:46AM

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