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Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):HWN 001
Unique number (MonUID):MSF6113
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:HAWKEDON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK
NGR:TL 793 545

Summary

April 1965: Heavy bronze gladitorial helmet with traces of tinning, Thracian type, found on ploughed field (surface?).

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • HELMET (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)

Protected Status: None recorded

Description

April 1965: Heavy bronze gladitorial helmet with traces of tinning, Thracian type, found on ploughed field (surface?)(S1, S3). Probably C1 in date (S2). `Edwardson has marked findspots on Moyses Hall 6 inch record map in two locations, as spots, - first at TL 7931 5454, which is crossed (?out) and second at TL 7937 5454 (S1). The findspot is marked further to the S in the same field, at TL 7931 5442. For description and details see (S2).

Sources

[S1]Map: BSEMH. 1965. 6 inch record map, 1905 ed, sheet LIII SE, A R Edwardson entry, circa 1965. BSEMH, 6 inch record map, 1905 ed, sheet LIII SE, A R Edwardson entry, circa 1965. (SSF2545)
[S2]Article in serial: Painter, K. S.. 1969. A Roman Bronze Helmet from Hawkedon, Suffolk. Painter K S, `A Roman Bronze Helmet from Hawkedon, Suffolk', BM Quarterly, 33 (3-4), Spring 1969, 12. (SSF15456)
[S3]Article in serial: Painter, K. S.. 1967. A ROMAN BRONZE HELMET FROM HAWKEDON. (SSF59906)
[S4]Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL75SE4,. (SSF50032)
[S5]Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, LXXXVI, 8 (EADT 3.6.65 cutting). (SSF50035)
[S6]Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XII, 175 (EADT 16.12.65 photo). (SSF50035)
[S7]Article in serial: 1956. Roman Britain in 1965. JRS, `Roman Britain in 1965', 56, 1966, 209 & 221 & pl 10. (SSF10159)
[S8]Article in serial: 1967. Exhibits at Ballots. (SSF59907)

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