NHER 3445 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age or Roman cauldron near Blackborough Priory
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1954. Stray Find.
Found near Blackborough Priory in marsh:
Bronze cauldron ploughed up 1 foot [0.3m] deep in peat in field below level of River Nar. Hole worn in base. Native type probably Roman date. [1]
See annotated sketches (S1) and (S2) by C.H. Lewton-Brain.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1954.67).
Repaired in museum.
For parallels see (S3) and (S4) and British Museum cauldron number 1954.7-1 from Austwick, Yorkshire.
Information from (S5). This discovery was reported in (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 June 2018.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF5927 Publication: Essays to O. G. S. Crawford. p.185 fig.47f.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 SE 5.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91729 Illustration: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1954. Annotated sketch of a Roman copper alloy cauldron. Paper. Unknown.
- <S2> SNF91730 Illustration: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1954. Annotated sketch of a Roman copper alloy cauldron. Paper. Unknown.
- <S3> SNF1921 Article in Serial: 1936. Drei Bronzegefasse von Bonsheim.. Germania. Vol XX.
- <S4> SNF1942 Article in Serial: Mattison, W. K. and Palmer, L. S. 1937. Note on a Bronze Cauldron from Craven in Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol III Pt 1 pp 164-165.
- <S5> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Woodbastwick.
- <S6> SNF2236 Serial: 1954. Council for British Archaeology Group VII Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 1. p 3.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- CAULDRON (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 14 2023 9:29AM