Monument record BAR 001 - Roman artefact scatter including pottery and metalworks

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Summary

Roman pottery was found by labourers digging gravel at Bardwell in 1840. Also metal detector finds circa 1990.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 9436 7531 (527m by 5760m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	TL97NW
Civil Parish	BARDWELL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full Description

Roman pottery was found by labourers digging gravel at Bardwell in 1840 (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S1).
1869: bronze enamelled diamond shaped brooch (R1).
Basil Brown found coarse black ware here - no date (S2).
Circa 1986: grey wares and Samian (including form 33) found on surface in this area(see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (seen April 1986). Retained by finder.
Note: all of above incorrectly recorded and mapped as from (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in HER - corrected after (S1) January 2007.
Circa 1990: metal detector finds from field (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) include 5 coins, hairpin, toilet spoon & 2 potsherds. Details in (S3).
Also LIA brooch - see IA. See also Sax BAR Misc.

Sources/Archives (8)

<R1> SSF15323 (No record type): OXFAS, 1927-315 (brooch).
<S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL97SW17.
<M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes, card index.
<S2> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, VIII, 106; XCIII, 86; XCVI, 45; card index 9.
<S3> SSF50010 Unpublished document: NWHCM. Finds Report. Chittock T per SJA (NWHCM), June 2005, map.
<R3> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 300.
<R4> SSF10054 (No record type): JBAA, 27, 258-259 (brooch).
<R5> SSF12346 (No record type): ONB, 1883, 5.

Finds (6)

FSF10944: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF10945: BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF10946: POTTERY SAMIAN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF32928: COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 271 AD)
FSF32929: HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FSF32930: COSMETIC SET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 7 2021 12:51PM