NHER 1529 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cremation
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1961. Field Observation.
Part of decorated Early Saxon bowl found at depth of 2 ft 6 inches (0.8m) in digging sewer trench for new house. Found sitting on bed of charcoal-stained earth 4 inches (10cm) thick in which were pieces of white bone (probably cremated) and fragments of fused bronze. Plain hand-made sherd presumably Early Saxon found at 30 inches (0.7m) at side of flint-clay cairn (see record NHER 1530).
Bowl sherd, bones, globule in NCM. [1]
See (S1) for short summary.
E. B. Green (NCM).
1961.
Late Saxon grey ware sherds.
In NCM [2].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Snettisham.
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Snettisham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 SE 40.
- <S1> SNF87267 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1964. Medieval Britain in 1961. Medieval Archaeology. Vol VI-VII (for 1962 and 1963) pp 306-349. p 309.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 22 2016 11:14AM