NHER 10845 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located)

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Summary

An Early Saxon cremation cemetery may have been found between 1538 and 1543. An old document records how 'yn digging of a balke or mere yn a folde longging to the paroche of Keninghaul in Northfolk' many pottery vessels containing cremated human bone were uncovered. The exact location of this cemetery is unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Around 1538 to 1543.
Urn cemetery of unknown date found reported by Leland. 'Syr John Dicons told me that yn digging of a balke or mere yn a folde longging to the paroche of Keninghaul in Northfolk ther were founde a great many yerthen pottes yn order cum cineribus mortuorum'.
See (S1) quoted (S2).

Perhaps same as urns found near the Castle Yards.
See (S3), (S4) and (S5).

  • --- Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 223.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Kenninghall.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Serial: Blomefield, F. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol I. p 215.
  • <S1> Serial: Toulmin-Smith, L. (ed). 1909. Itinerary.. Vol IV, p 120.
  • <S2> Publication: 1935. Norfolk Annual. -p.33.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1872. Kenninghall. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 289-299. p 290.
  • <S5> Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. and Myres, J. N. L. 1939. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part I. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII, Pt II pp 163- 214. p 165.
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Aug 26 2016 2:39PM

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