Find Spot record 0121700000 - SWIMMING POOL,OXFORD ROAD

Summary

Roman metalwork found during construction of swimming pool in the early twentieth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0008 mm
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
OBV.VRBS ROMA. REV.WOLF & TWINS.MINT:TRIER. AD330-335. FOUND WHEN MAKING SWIMMING POOL IN CATTLEMARKET, OXFORD ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE (BI1-2). SWIMMING POOL WAS UNDER NOW DISUSED THEATRE, ADJACENT TO OLD CATTLE MARKET & OPENED IN JULY 1911. (BI3). SITE WAS AT NGR (BI4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC1523 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM LOANS REGISTER.
  • <2>SBC1574 Bibliographic reference: BCM ROMAN COIN CATALOGUE (DR C E KING,ASHMOLEAN MU SEUM,OXFORD,OCT 1983).
  • <3>SBC8285 Bibliographic reference: MAYES L J 1960 HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCO MBE FROM 1880 TO THE PRESENT DAY P46.
  • <4>SBC15051 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR MRS JOAN (CMAG),FEB 1979.

Location

Grid reference SU 86415 93345 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • COIN (4th Century - 300 AD to 399 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12818)

Record last edited

Jan 26 1988 12:00AM

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