NHER 10845 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
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).
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF1996 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.
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Kenninghall.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF4740 Serial: Blomefield, F. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol I. p 215.
- <S1> SNF8427 Serial: Toulmin-Smith, L. (ed). 1909. Itinerary.. Vol IV, p 120.
- <S2> SNF1894 Publication: 1935. Norfolk Annual. -p.33.
- <S4> SNF957 Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1872. Kenninghall. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 289-299. p 290.
- <S5> SNF1959 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 26 2016 2:39PM