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Identification of Finds
The Archaeology Service is able to identify all types of archaeological artefacts from North Hertfordshire.
Anyone finding what they think may be an archaeological object is encouraged to contact Letchworth Museum or Hitchin Museum in order for the Archaeology Officer, Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, to carry out an identification. The finder will be provided with a description and date for the object along with a photograph. The Archaeology Officer is usually at Hitchin Museum on Tuesday afternoons and at Letchworth Museum on Thursday afternoons if you wish to discuss your find with him.
The details will usually be entered on the Hertfordshire County Council Sites and Monuments Record, which records the location of archaeological finds, buildings, fieldwork and remains of all types in the county.
It is important that, if at all possible, the National Grid Reference is given for every find so that it can be accurately located. If this is not possible, then the location of the find should be given as close as the finder is able and maps are available to help pinpoint the findspot.
Artefacts identified in the past by the Archaeology Service include this marble head from a first-century statue found near a Roman villa site at Radwell and this Anglo-Saxon sceatta (a type of coin) from Weston.
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Roman marble statue head | An Anglo-Saxon sceatta |
