Roman urns and coins at Marks Hill (EHER 1222)
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Summary
Several small Roman urns and copper and brass coins of Trajan and Antoninus found in gravel pit at Mark's Hill in 1760.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 6404 2272 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT DUNMOW, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import:
In 1760 nearly a dozen "small urns" (from 1 pint to "teacup size") were found at Marks Hill in a "quadrilateral arrangement in a layer of black earth and amongst rubbish of building.....". Amongst them were a "few coins" including a Trajan and an Antoninus Pius and some pieces of brass and iron <1> - <3>. An amphora from Marks Hill was exhibited to the Essex Archaeological Society in 1867 <4>. <5>
On OS 6" site is on edge of an old tennis court, "but too great a period has elapsed to say where the gravel pit existed". <6>
One was thumbed, had cross-hatching. <7> - <9>
February 1950. Field visit.
No further information; the site as shown is on the edge of a tennis court. <10>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4485 DESC TEXT: Unknown. unknown. DESC TEXT Bodleian Library. MS.Top.gen.e.18.
- <2> SEX4486 DESC TEXT: Coller, D.W.. unknown. People's History of Essex. p.268.
- <3> SEX4484 DESC TEXT: Savill, J.W.. 1865. History of Dunmow. p.3-4.
- <4> SEX373 Serial: Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. unknown. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. p.184.
- <5> SEX6 Monograph: Powell, W.R.. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III: Roman Essex (VCH). Victoria County History. p.125.
- <6> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL62SW07, 1950.
- <7> SEX138 DESC TEXT: Buckley, D.G.. unknown. SMR.
- <8> SEX4487 DESC TEXT: Kettle and Sorrell. unknown. TZ-13-23.
- <9> SEX4488 DESC TEXT: Wickenden, N.P.. 1988. Excavations at Gt. Dunmow, Essex. EAA 41 CAT Rep. No.7.
- <10> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 GWR 07-FEB-50.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL62-023
- NRHE identifier: 376538
- National Monuments Record: TL 62 SW 31