NHER 165 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cemetery, Eade Road (Aylsham Road)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1898.
Cremation and inhumation cemetery found in making this road but little material preserved. 5th to 6th century.
1898.
Early type (5th century) bowl. Several others found but this was the only whole one. Gilt and silvered square headed bronze brooch and bronze tweezers.
'Found with Anglo-Saxon urns whilst making the new Eade Road at Catton April 1898'.
1974.
Attempt to define west limits of cemetery by excavation at 54 Aylsham Road (NHER 177) unsuccessful due to wholesale disturbance of site by 19th century gravel quarrying; no traces found.
For further details see file.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 91 [3].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S2> SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 334.
- <S3> SNF6778 Publication: Leeds, E. T. 1949. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Pottery. p 52.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 3 2024 11:46AM