NHER 32786 (Monument record) - Possible Roman building

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Summary

A concentration of building material suggests the former presence of a Roman building on this site, possibly a villa. Metal-detecting in 2011 recovered a Roman-Late Saxon brooch pin lug, a medieval buckle plate and a post-medieval buckle frame fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG03NW
Civil Parish BRINTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

April 1997. Fieldwalking finds.
Pot boilers.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flints.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post-medieval pottery.
Roman roofing tile.
Miscellaneous other finds.
See list and maps in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 1 May 1997.

August 1997. Context 2. Resistivity survey.
See file for details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 19 August 1997.

June 1997. Further finds, extending original area to the east into Thornage.
See list and plan in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 1 July 1997.

17 July 1997. Site visit.
See confidential report in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 22 July 1997.

Context 2. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins. See form in file.
Also odd lead ?ingot, 90mm long, D shaped cross section (flat on one side) and with tapered ends, bent at one end to form an open loop.
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 November 1997.

Before 23 March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Roman-Late Saxon brooch pin lug, medieval buckle plate and post-medieval buckle frame fragment.
See description in file.
E. Whitcombe (HES), 4 April 2011.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. Palatial Roman villa found. 30 August.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • INGOT (Unknown date)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • PLANT REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • VESSEL (Unknown date)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman to Late Saxon - 43 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TESSERA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 6 2017 1:58PM

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