NHER 5839 (Find Spot record) - Roman lamp and Early Saxon beads, 'The Red Mount' (poorly located)

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Summary

In 1827 three Saxon beads were found in a mound of earth called 'The Red Mound'. In 1845 a Roman lamp was also found at the same site and reputedly came from Carthage.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

'Three crystal beads, discovered under a mound of earth called 'The Red Mound', in Thetford, Norfolk, in August 1827. Now deposited in the Museum at Norwich'.
See (S1).
A. J. Lawson (NAU) March 1978.

1845.
From same site Roman lamp, see for comparison the ones in (S2) and (S3).

Reputed to be in NCM and really from Carthage! See also (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM) wondered whether the site was really the Red Mount at King's Lynn.
E. Rose (NAU).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Thetford.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol IX (Add MS 23061).
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Fox, G. E. 1889. Roman Norfolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XLVI pp 331-367. p 364.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1853. Quarterly Meetings. Proceedings of the Bury & West Suffolk Archaeological Institute. Vol I pp 84-88. p 86.
  • <S4> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 321.
  • LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 5 2022 4:12PM

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