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Record ID: IARCH-F189F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 137 no. 605: ""In 1820, a mole-catcher, working in Brereton, at a short distance from the farm mentioned, and that of about four miles (direct) from the Kinderton Station, at a point where a small brook is crossed by the footpath from Brereton to Sandbach, struck his paddle against something resembling a mass of fused metal, contained in a decayed box, but afterwards found to consist of about a thousand Roman Coins, bound together by verdigris and rust. Nearly six hundred of them are in my possession, which are partly broken and corroded, and partly good specimens o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brereton', grid reference and parish protected.