Find Spot record 8086/0/0 - Unstratified Romano-British Finds

{1} No archaeology was revealed as part of the Stage 1 works. However Stage 2 works recovered finds dating from c.2000 BC until the present century, all of which were plotted. The plot indicates that Romano-British remains may lie in the vicinity of Barby Hill.

{2} A gilded copper alloy brooch, dated to the C3rd/C4th AD, and of a type considered to be native to Britain. Five Roman coins were also found: a copper alloy sestertius of Trajan (103-11 AD), two sestertii of Marcus Aurelius (171-72 AD and 176-77 AD respectively), a coin of Maximus I (235-36 AD) and a coin of Magnentius (353 AD).
The concentration of eight [only five are catalogued in the text] Roman coins of the period 103-353 AD may indicate that a site of the C2nd to C4th AD lies in the vicinity of Barby Hill. Alternatively they could derive from a scattered coin hoard.

<1> Soden I., 1997, SMR Report Form, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49326.

<2> Soden I., 1995, An Archaeological Watching Brief on the Draycote-Barby Pipeline, Barby, Northants, p.6-7 (checked) (Report). SNN75649.

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