Frensham Common

Recovery by D and A Graham of 455 coins ranging in date from Roman 1st century BC to mid 2nd century AD, but including Iron Age quarter staters, together with several arrow/spearheads, fragments of a bronze askos and 55 miniature clay pots. The site was first located by a metal detector user in the 1980s and is almost certainly votive in nature. The pots are well made, of varying types, in coarse grey ware and are approximately 2cm high. The pots appear to have originally been ritually deposited in small pits, though many have subsequently become scattered by rabbit activity. The coins appear to be the result of several periods of deposition and it is highly likely that the whole assemblage relates to a Roman site on a nearby hill, which, in the light of the current evidence is probably that of a Roman temple. (338)
Year: 
2000
ID: 
944
NGR: 
SU830400
Periods: 
Borough: 
NGR range: 
83, 40