NHER 34176 (Find Spot record) - Roman metal find

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Summary

A Roman gold marriage ring is reported to have been found in the parish in the mid 1990s.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
District	BRECKLAND
Civil Parish	MILEHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1995 or 1996. Stray Find.
Said to have been found in Mileham:
1 Roman early 3rd century clasped hands gold marriage ring.
Sold at Christies but acquired by British Museum (1999,0703.1) after export prevented.
See correspondence (S1) and (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2016.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF63920 Correspondence: Johns, C., Dr.. 1999. Letter to D. Gurney, NLA.. 18 January.
<S2> SNF63921 Correspondence: Gurney, D. NLA.. 1999. Letter to Dr. C. Johns, PRBA, British Museum.. 26 January.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (1)

FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Mileham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 10 2016 12:54PM