BISHOPS WOOD

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Location

Address

County of Herefordshire (District)

County

County of Herefordshire

Region

West Midlands

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.85907 / -2.5967501 / 113.5 view

Location details

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Find spot comment

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919

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Hoard name

BISHOPS WOOD

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Mar 1895

(to)

1 Jun 1895

Total number of coins

17550

Summary

A large hoard of late Roman coins was discovered on the estate of Mr. McCalmont, at Bishop's Wood, near Ros-o-Wye, a few yards on the Herefordshire side of the boundary between that county and Gloucestershire. The coins were found by some workmen who were getting surface stones to mend a road, and an accidental blow from a pick struck a large earthenware jar in which the coins had been placed, and scattered them in all directions. Two other jars lay in fragments beside it with the coins they had originally contained mixed with soil and debris. All had been enclosed by rough walling built against the hill-side, but if they had ever been covered by a stone, it had disappeared. The coins, 17,550, are nummi of the Constantine series and two antoniniani (radiates): Claudius II - Constantius II. and in NC, 1896, 209-37, types, mints

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Road
Disposition

Blackgate Museum, Newcastle (135 coins); Hereford City Museum (63); Bristol City Museum (44); Gloucester City Museum (29); Norwich Castle Museum (part)
Finder(s)

Workers
Comment

Workmen who were getting surface stones to mend a road
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

347
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

348
Opening year (earliest)

270
Opening year (latest)

270
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Site class

Rural

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Storage jar

The pot was a large jar, 32 cm high and 26cm wide, with gently curving neck and plain flat base.

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