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The Roman Settlement at Brampton, Norfolk: Interim Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

A. K. Knowles
Affiliation:
21, Bawburgh Lane, Norwich

Extract

Excavations and fieldwork at Brampton, Norfolk (TG 223237), 1965–1975, have added to knowledge of the Romano-British settlement first recorded in 1667. The settlement lies at an important cross-roads and river-crossing and covers c. 75 acres (30 ha); of this an area of c. 15 acres was enclosed by a defensive ditch, probably in the second century. Industrial activity on the site included large-scale pottery manufacture, and metal-working. Fieldwork and small excavations have been carried out each year since 1965 by a small group of amateur archaeologists under the direction of the author. Excavations by Mr C. J. S. Green for the Norfolk Archaeological Unit in 1974 will be published in a forthcoming report in the series ‘East Anglian Archaeology’. No final report can be published until more large-scale excavations have been carried out, but it is hoped that the following brief account of the site will give an indication of its nature and importance.

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Britannia , Volume 8 , November 1977 , pp. 209 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © A. K. Knowles 1977. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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References

1 Britannia vi (1975), pl. XVIII AGoogle Scholar.