NHER 14472 (Monument record) - Possible Saxon cremation burial site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG31SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | UPTON WITH FISHLEY, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
'There must have been a Saxon church on the site of the present one... evidence of burials of that period has been found in the vicarage garden'.
From notes on history of Upton church displayed in building; not printed very long ago.
Vicar explains that notes were taken from a privately printed history of Upton by Rev. P. Oakley Hill in 1891; p.98 - 'the recent discovery of ancient pottery in the vicarage garden, having the appearance of Anglo- Saxon funerary urns (in fragments), suggests the possibility of the site having been an Anglo-Saxon burial ground a thousand years ago'.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 18 2011 12:25PM