Roman pottery and bronze ferrule, Widford Road and Moulsham Street (EHER 719)
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Summary
Roman pottery found in 1840 in Cherry Garden Lane between Widford and Chelmsford (now Widford Road and Moulsham Street).
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 6975 0529 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Roman pottery found in 1840 in Cherry Garden Lane between Widford and Chelmsford (now Widford Road and Moulsham Street). <1> <2> <3>
VCH suggests the NGR as possibly TL 702058 (?). A mass of small fragments of pottery found in 1839 in removing a hedge in Cherry Garden Lane. They covered 1-2 cubic yards. Mainly rims, of about seventeen different forms and sizes, thought to be wasters. Also found was a tapering bronze ferrule, decorated in polychrome enamel, with six bands of ornamentation, alternately greenish blue and dark blue. A seventh band had been heavily burnt. The object is now lost. <3> <4> <5>
Field survey, 1988
Area indicated now covered by retail warehousing. <6>
Additional reference <7>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL60NE28, 1950.
- <3> SEX2781 DESC TEXT: Gentlemans Magazine. 1840. Gentlemans Magazine. Vol 2, pp258-259.
- <4> SEX6 Monograph: Powell, W.R.. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III: Roman Essex (VCH). Victoria County History. p 66.
- <5> SEX75707 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: Oral information, correspondence (not archived), or staff comments. Inf M R Hull 1950.
- <6> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 WDC 09-AUG-88.
- <7> SEX75778 Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. AO0900.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL60-037
- NRHE identifier: 375508
- National Monuments Record: TL 60 NE 28