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HER Number:30668.12
Name:WATCH CROFT - Romano British findspot

Summary

Roman coins recovered by WC Borlase during the excavation of a cairn.

Grid Reference:SW 4191 3545
Parish:Morvah, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 36.1
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30668.12
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 27.2

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

WC Borlase records the find of Roman coins during his excavation of a cairn at Watch Croft (30668). A third brass Roman coin was found on top of the earth in the cist (30668.1) upon the removal of the cover stone. Several other stones were found in the cist, one of which was probably of Constantine (b1). Haverfield in 1924 records eight or nine copper coins were found by Borlase, five of which were presented to the Truro Museum. One Constantine Follis, one Crispus, and one Constantine Junior, and the rest illegible but apparently coeval. He adds that there can be little doubt that the coins were buried in the mound subsequently to its erection (b6). Russell in 1971 lists the find of Roman coins now at Truro Museum (b7).

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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<1> Borlase, WC, 1863, Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63, 6-17, 21, 23-25 (Unpublished document). SCO2890.

<2> Borlase, WC, 18--, Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall, 22-28 (Unpublished document). SCO2888.

<3> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 247-252, 263 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<4> Borlase, WC, 1882, Laregan Museum List, 90, 161 (Unpublished document). SCO2891.

<5> Abercromby, J, 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2711.

<6> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL II, PT 5, 38 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<7> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 105 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2890 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1863. Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63. MS At RIC. 6-17, 21, 23-25.
[2]SCO2888 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 18--. Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall. MS At RIC. 22-28.
[3]SCO2892 - Bibliographic reference: Borlase, WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae. 247-252, 263.
[4]SCO2891 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1882. Laregan Museum List. MS At RIC. 90, 161.
[5]SCO2711 - Bibliographic reference: Abercromby, J. 1912. Bronze Age Pottery. VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467.
[6]SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. VOL II, PT 5, 38.
[7]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 105.

Associated Finds

  • FCO3867 - COIN HOARD (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

30668Part of: WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age cairn (Monument)

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