Find Spot record 0191006000 - NEAR TAPLOW STATION
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
Dimensions - Depth/Thickness 0060 cm
2 VERY RUDE ROMAN URNS OF UNBAKED POTTERY FOUND DURING WORKS ON G.W.R NEAR ITS ABUTMENT ON TAPLOW. THEY CONTAINED 400-500 ROMAN SILVER COINS AMONGST WHICH WERE IMPERIAL COINS OF MID C1 AD TO LATE C2 (EMPERORS LISTED). PROBABLY BURIED IN REIGN OF AURELIUS, OR EARLY COMMODUS (B7-8,B12).
Subsequent information obtainined during visit to site by C Roach suggests there may been about 800 coins, 500 in one pot and 300 in the other (B19).
Sources (14)
- <1>SBC16368 Bibliographic reference: WALKER J W 1931 HISTORY OF MAIDENHEAD.
- <2>SBC15142 Article in serial: L Treacher. 1896-7. 'PALAEOLITHIC MAN IN EAST BERKS', IN BERKS, BUCKS & OXON ARCH JNL 2 PP16,18. Vol 2.
- <3>SBC7116 Article in serial: W B R King & K P Oakley. 1936. 'PLEISTOCENE SUCCESSION IN THE LOWER PARTS OF THE THAMES VALLEY', IN PREHISTORIC SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS (NEW SERIES) 2 PP61-62,73.
- <4>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <5>SBC17052 Bibliographic reference: John Wymer. 1968. LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P228.
- <6>SBC12451 Unpublished document: R F H SUMMERS 1947 CORRESPONDENCE & DRAWINGS.
- <7>SBC5603 Article in serial: GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE (NEW SERIES) 8. 8.
- <8>SBC7675 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P282.
- <9>SBC1224 Unpublished document: 1962. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER. COIN IDENTIFIED BY DR. C. E.KING, ASHMOLEUM MUSEUM, OXFORD, 1984.
- <10>SBC6691 Unpublished document: J WYMER & R F DENNINGTON, MAY 1956 (VIA MR D MILLER, MAY 1981) & SEE LETTER JW TO RFD (FILE.
- <11>SBC11179 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 04 & SU 98 SW 46..
- <12>SBC6690 Unpublished document: J RUTLAND NOTEBOOK, IN COUNTY RECORD OFFICE.
- <13>SBC7098 Article in serial: D King. 1986. 'PETROLOGY, DATING & DISTRIBUTION OF QUERNS & MILLSTONES', IN UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY BULLETIN 23 PP65-126. No 23.
- <19>SBC25322 Digital archive: Portable Antiquities Scheme. 2020. Information from Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
Location
Grid reference | SU 91500 81400 (point) |
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Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- COIN HOARD (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)
- COIN HOARD (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12177)
Record last edited
Apr 29 2021 6:16PM