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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 4876 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | ROMAN POTTERY VESSEL, 'NEAR HITCHIN' |
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Summary
Miniature Roman pot with vague provenance
| Grid Reference: | TL 18 29 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL12NE |
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| Parish: | North Hertfordshire (Non Civil Parish), North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
A Romano-British pot found in 1936 'near Hitchin' is now in Letchworth Museum (1976.628; ex Hitchin Museum 1939.39.7) <1, 3, 4>, described as a small red ware vase with faint specks of glaze remaining <2>. According to John Morris it may be Romano-Saxon <1>, although such a description does not tally with 'specks of glaze'. It has a bulbous shape and is only three inches high <3>.
<1> OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
<2> Phillips:Dark Ages Index (Bibliographic reference). SHT8820.
<3> Morris Gazetteer original record card (Index). SHT7098.
<4> Information from Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, North Hertfordshire Museum (Unpublished document). SHT3611.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: OS Records. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Phillips:Dark Ages Index. |
| <3> | Index: Morris Gazetteer original record card. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Information from Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, North Hertfordshire Museum. |
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