Find Spot record MLI33415 - Roman Coin Hoard, Langtoft

Summary

Roman coin hoard, found c.1820 on land near Langtoft.

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  • None recorded

Full Description

An urn containing about a thousand small brass Roman coins was found in c.1820, at a spot about half a mile from the Car Dyke and Langtoft. Other coins of silver and brass have been occasionally found since the hoard's finding. {1}{2}{3} 'At a spot about half a mile from the Car-Dike and Langtoft, an urn was found, some fifty years ago (c.1820), containing about 1000 small brass Roman coins; since which time others of silver and brass have been occasionally found, as well as in Uffington parish near here, including one of Vespasian.' The hoard is thought to have been of 3rd or 4th century date. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. p.74 footnote.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 11 SW: 28.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 11 SW: L.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Anne S. Robertson. 2000. An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards. no.1696, p.415.

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Location

Grid reference TF 125 124 (point) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish LANGTOFT, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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