WORLE CAMP

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Location

Address

North Somerset (District)

County

North Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.352868 / -2.9922352 / 2 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1535

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1535

Hoard name

WORLE CAMP

Alternative names

Worle

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1852

(to)

31 Dec 1852

Total number of coins

241

Summary

In 1852, during the excavation of the Iron Age settlement of Worle Camp, a hoard of 3 antoniniani and 238 small bronze coins ranging up to Arcadius and Honorius, with a high percentage of barbarous radiates (77 coins) was found.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Disposition

Somerset County Museum (part); Weston-super-Mare Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Worle Camp was an Iron Age settlement.
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Many ceramic sherds (Roman coarse ware)

Objects belonging to this hoard

Glass bead
'a great many' of them

Bronze ornament
Fragments of bronze ornaments

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1468

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-DFC2BC

References

Reference

Hill, P. V. - 1946 - The Worle Camp (Somerset) Hoard

Comment

lists all the coins by emperor and types, but mints are listed separately.

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1586

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project. Imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019 / Nov. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WORLE CAMP

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Many ceramic sherds (Roman coarse ware)

Objects belonging to this hoard

Glass bead
'a great many' of them

Bronze ornament
Fragments of bronze ornaments

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WORLE CAMP

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Many ceramic sherds (Roman coarse ware)

Objects belonging to this hoard

Glass bead 'a great many' of them

Bronze ornament Fragments of bronze ornaments

Permalink in other online databases

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Glass bead
'a great many' of them

Bronze ornament
Fragments of bronze ornaments