NHER 25755 (Find Spot record) - Roman pewter plate

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1990 recovered the fragmentary remains of most of a Roman pewter plate.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF61SE
Civil Parish WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

April 1990. Metal detecting. In pasture field 45cm (18 inches) deep.
Fragmentary remains of most of a flat pewter plate, distorted, rim diameter about 30 cm. Two shallow turned grooves in centre of upper surface, diameter 15 and 22 mm. Rim is type 1 of Peal's typology, see (S1). Late 3rd to early 4th century?
Identified by D. Gurney (NAU). To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 3 May 1990.

  • <S1> Article in Serial: Peale, C. A.. 1967. Roman pewter plates and dishes.. Proceedings of the Cambridgeshire Antiquarian Society. Vol LX, pp 19-37.
  • PLATE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2017 2:32PM

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