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The Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Woodcock Hall, Saham Toney, Norfolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Robin A. Brown
Robin A. Brown
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Woodcock Hall, Saham Toney, Norfolk
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The Romano-British settlement at Woodcock Hall, Saham Toney, Norfolk (FIG. I) has been known since the mid-19th century when a local landowner, Thomas Barton of Threxton, donated some artefacts to the Castle Museum in Norwich. The site lies mainly in the parish of Saham Toney, but remains have been found in the adjoining parishes of Threxton and Little Cressingham. The site has not been identified with any place mentioned in the British section of the Antonine Itinerary, but Camboritum, the most likely site, is now thought to refer either to Hockwold-cum-Wilton or to Lackford, although the suggested translation of the name: ‘the ford at the bend of the river’ would suit the Woodcock Hall site well. The site has never been professionally excavated, either wholly or in part.

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Britannia , Volume 17 , November 1986 , pp. 1 - 58
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Copyright © Robin A. Brown 1986. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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