NHER 648 (Find Spot record) - Roman copper alloy lamp, St Augustine's Gate

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Summary

A Roman copper alloy lamp was found in about 1760.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

In or before 1760.
Bronze lamp like a frog or human foot.
In (S1): '11th December 1760. At Antiquaries Society Mr. Baker showed Roman lamp in form of foot by Austin Gate Norwich and thereabouts many more Roman antiquities are found'.
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
  • --- Serial: Stukeley. Diaries.. Vol III. p 31.
  • <S1> Publication: Gough's Camden. II. p 188.
  • <S2> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 319.
  • LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Record last edited

Feb 5 2013 11:52AM

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