Monument record 0570700000 - WHAN CROSS FIELD

Summary

Roman metalwork found whilst metal-detecting and during subsequent excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Roman finds found by metal-detecting and excavation

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

FOLLOWING FIND OF LARGE NO OF LATE C3 ROMAN COINS IN PLOUGHSOIL & A GROUP OF 3 URNS BY MR C CONWAY, BCM EXCAVATED 20 X 20M AREA AROUND URNS. 4TH URN FOUND. BM BELIEVED COINS FROM A DISPERSED HOARD OF SEVERAL 1000 COINS. COINS OBVIOUSLY DELIBERATELY HIDDEN. NO RB FEATURES FOUND NEARBY (FULL REPORT)(B1, B4).
Further coins found by H F Crane in 1994 whilst metal-detecting and reported to BCM in 1995 (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC6513 Unpublished document: Andrew Hunn. 1990. HUNN A P 1990 CHALFONT ST PETER HOARD 1989 (TYPESCRIPT REPORT).
  • <2>SBC3006 Bibliographic reference: CLEARY A S E 1994 ROMAN BRITAIN IN 1993 PP276 IN BRITANNIA XXV. (WRONGLY LISTED AS AMERSHAM)..
  • <3>SBC20084 Verbal communication: H F Crane. 1995. Crane H F to Wise J (BCM).
  • <4>SBC20666 Article in serial: Andrew Hunn, Michael Farley, Clive Cheesman and Val Rigby. 1995. 'The Chalfont St Peter Roman Coin Hoard', in Recs of Bucks 37. Vol 37. pp113-126.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9822 9090 (240m by 230m)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (3)

  • COIN HOARD (3rd Century - 200 AD to 299 AD)
  • COIN (2nd Century to 3rd Century - 100 AD to 299 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Metal-detecting (EBC12650)
  • Event - Intervention: Small-scale excavation (EBC11474)

Record last edited

Apr 8 2014 3:00PM

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