Finds at Maes y Garreg Lllwyd
Description: A Republican Roman silver coin, probably of 45BC, and a prismatic flint flake were found within a few yards of each other, in 1853, by a workman digging gravel in a pit at Maes y Garreg Llwyd, near Oswestry. Close to them were found pieces of bone, which seemed to have been burnt, charcoal and other matter <1a><1b>
Country: England
County: Shropshire
Parish: Oswestry Rural
Grid Reference:
SJ304287
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 330400, 328700
Period/Subject: LATE IRON AGE - COIN, PREHISTORIC - FINDSPOT, PREHISTORIC - FLAKE, ROMAN - FINDSPOT
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: PRN 02984
[ADS] Import RCN: SALOPSMR-8827
People Involved:
[Publisher] Sustainability Group, Shropshire County Council
Bibliographic References:
- <01b> Chitty, L F (1939-40) Article in TSAS, p149-150
- <01a> Chitty, L F (nd) Map annotation by OS Correspondent
- <01> Ordnance Survey (1974) Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ32NW3
- <00> Shropshire County Council SMR (nd) SMR Card Collection, SMR Card for PRN SA 02984
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