Monument record BLB 068 - East Coast Searchers rally site, August 2006; Bulcamp (also BACKLOG)

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Summary

20 August 2006: metal detecting rally site - finds said to include "hammered silver, a bronze stater and a gold ring and lots of recent material near workhouse (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 44270 76280 (686m by 571m)
Map sheet TM47NW
Civil Parish BLYTHBURGH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

20 August 2006: metal detecting rally site, East Coast Searchers - 2 fields (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Finds said to include "hammered silver, a bronze stater and a gold ring and lots of recent material near (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). More on W than on E field". No finds seen, most detectorists having left, due to heavy rain, by time of visit (by JP; S1).
Rally report: field centred (see 'Not to publish' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) 11 flint flakes; 1x poss. Roman greyware pottery sherd; 1x gilt C17 belt mount. Field centred (see 'Not to publish' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) 1 coin, Elizabethan half-groat, CIVITAS LONDON, 1602-1602?; 1x gilt C14-15 annular buckle. (S2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Site Report. Plouviez J (SCCAS), notated map, 20 August 2006.
  • <S2> Finds Report: Ashley, S.J.? (S.J.A.). 2006. Metal detecting rally report - Blythburgh BLB 068.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2023 12:02PM

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