Monument Number 380605 |
| Hob Uid: 380605 | |
Location :
Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Feltwell
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| Grid Ref : TL7000092100 |
| Summary : A Later Roman site with Iron Age and Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) finds. Excavations in 1962 and 1964 reported evidence of Iron Age activity from a ditch with pottery; and later 4th century Roman remains which included a small dwelling or villa and a bath house.The villa was recorded as a corridor and single range of rooms measuring 116 feet by 46 feet. Finds from the villa site included pottery, a pennanular brooch and a bronze steelyard. The detached three room bathhouse appeared, from coin finds, to be contemporary with the villa. Recorded elements included a hypocaust in what was interpreted as the tepidarium. No evidence of use was recorded. A Roman bracelet is recorded as a stray find near the villa site.During the excavations later activity on the site was suggested by the discovery of a sword in the bathhouse hypocaust. This was dated as Saxon by Norwich Castle Museum. |
More information : (TL 701921) Excavations in 1962 by Greenfield on the line of the new Cut-Off Channel revealed a small detached bath-house apparently unused, three small rooms were identified with early 4th century pottery and mid 4th century coin being found. A sword (described as Saxon by Norwich Castle Museum) was found in the hypocaust (1, Plan) (3).
Excavations in 1964 of a Roman building site (TL 700921) 250 ft SW revealed a later 4th century dwelling-house 116ft by 46ft
with a corridor on the E side of a single range of rooms. Finds
included pottery, a pennanular brooch and a bronze steelyard (2) (4).
TL 699921 Roman bronze bracelet from near site of villa.(5)
In addition to the Roman building remains an Iron Age ditch was excavated containing pottery. The most important find was a fifth century Germanic sword found in the hypocaust of the tepidarium. Full excavation report. (6)
Additional reference (7)
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