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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 1790 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | ROMAN CEMETERY AND LATE IRON AGE BRONZE HANDLE, HERTFORD ROAD, WELWYN |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Late Iron Age to Late Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HANDLE (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 49 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
'The cutting of the new road has led to the discovery of a large number of perfect pots... they include Samian (both plain and ornamental), Upchurch, Castor and New Forest types, the majority being in excellent condition. ...Some pots contained small pieces of half-burnt bones. In addition there were 6 bracelets, 4 brooches, a ring set with a light blue stone, 3 coins' and a bronze handle <1>. The handle is of La Tene type, and Hawkes suggested it may have come from the nearby chieftain burials [158] <2>. The nature of the finds indicates a Roman cremation cemetery. The new road was G Dering's diversion of the Hertford Road away from his house, Lockleys, in a new cutting through a small hill, in 1906. The pottery is probably in the Hertford Museum, but cannot now be distinguished; the handle is in the same museum.
<1> Andrews, R T, 1911, A late Celtic cemetery at Welwyn, Herts; The Antiquary vol.47, 6-10, 53-60 (Article in serial). SHT9148.
<2> Hawkes, C F C, 1935, A La Tene bronze handle from Welwyn; Antiquaries Journal 15, 351-4 (Article in serial). SHT1148.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in serial: Andrews, R T. 1911. A late Celtic cemetery at Welwyn, Herts; The Antiquary vol.47, 6-10, 53-60. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Hawkes, C F C. 1935. A La Tene bronze handle from Welwyn; Antiquaries Journal 15, 351-4. |
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