NHER 14382 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon urn (Wymondham, poorly located)

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Summary

It is recorded that an Early Saxon urn, decorated with circular punchmarks including cruciform-in-circle stamps, was recovered from a pit, probably near the station.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Date unknown. Found upside down in worked out gravel pit at Silfield (altered from Suffield); empty.
5.6 inches (14cm) high, 4.5 inches (11cm) diameter, 6.3 inches (16cm) medial diameter, grey, gritty fabric. From drawing in file showing part of a Early Saxon urn decorated with circular punchmarks including cruciform-in-circle stamps.
No card or other information found.
Pit referred to is probably one of the group south of Wymondham station. 1984.
In Wymondham Museum.
Information from NCM.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 9:54AM

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