TREFEGLWYS BEFORE 1848

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Location

City

Trefeglwys

County

Powys

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.5137 / -3.5073 / 165.5 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1790

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1790

Hoard name

TREFEGLWYS BEFORE 1848

Alternative names

Ffinant

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1800

(to)

1 Jan 1848

Total number of coins

Summary

A report of an uncertain number of coins found in an “urn” near the farmhouse of Ffinnant some time before 1848. The date of the coins is unknown and it cannot be said with certainty that the find is Roman in date. No further information is available.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Unknown
Finder(s)

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1800
Date of excavation (to)

1848
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

Hancock (1848) reports that the coins were contained in an urn that disintegrated upon discovery. Its material is not recorded but it is said to have contained ashes. A possible funerary urn?

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1714

References

Reference

Hancock, T. W. - 1848 - Roman Remains in Montgomeryshire

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Reference

Robertson

Ref

1910

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Record updated by M. Ball (Nov. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

TREFEGLWYS BEFORE 1848

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

Hancock (1848) reports that the coins were contained in an urn that disintegrated upon discovery. Its material is not recorded but it is said to have contained ashes. A possible funerary urn?

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

TREFEGLWYS BEFORE 1848

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

Hancock (1848) reports that the coins were contained in an urn that disintegrated upon discovery. Its material is not recorded but it is said to have contained ashes. A possible funerary urn?

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire