| HER Number (PRN): | 00345 |
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| Name: | Find Spot in the late 19th century of a Roman Coin Hoard, Wern Lane, Treflach Wood |
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| Type of Record: | Find Spot |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Many Roman coins were dug out of a bank in the garden of a cottage in Wern lane, Treflach Wood in the late 19th century. They may have included a coin of Domitian and a silver coin of Vespasian.
| Parish: | Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 257 251 |
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Related records
| 01000 | Related to: Offa's Dyke (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FSA719 - COIN HOARD (Late Iron Age to Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Many Roman coins were dug out of a bank in the garden of a cottage in Wern lane, Treflach Wood, which is in the hollow opposite Offa's Dyke. The best were taken to Mr GJ Dumville Lees .. And a coin of Domitian (81-96AD) was exhibited by him at the exhibition of Shropshire Antiquities in Shrewsbury in May 1898 <2a><2b>
A silver coin of Vespasian (69-79 AD) found in part of Offas Dyke near Treflach Wood <2c>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00345. |
| [01] | SSA1582 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ22NE14 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ22NE14 . |
| [02a] | SSA10776 - Map annotation: Chitty Lily F. 1949. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [02ai] | SSA1579 - Catalogue: Shropshire Archaeology Society. 1898. Salop Arch Soc Exhibition Catalogue. |
| [02c] | SSA1580 - Volume: Anon. 1891/ 1892. Article in Bygones. Bygones. Ser 2, Vol 2. p191. |
| [02] | SSA1581 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1974. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ22NE12 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ22NE12 . |
| [02b] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p277. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 12 2021 5:12PM |
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