NHER 2031 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cremation found near railway station

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Summary

An Early Saxon cremation was found in a railway cutting south of the railway station. An Early Saxon urn, one complete cruciform brooch and part of another cruciform brooch and two flat circular rings were found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NW
Civil Parish WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1850 or before. Burial in railway cutting. 365.6m (400 yards) south of station.
Got date from railway engineers.
Urn 11.43cm (4.5 inches) high with two cruciform brooches. Aberg Group IV (only fragment of head of one) with two flat circular rings.
Information from [1].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Article in Serial: 1858. Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XV pp 75-88. p 88.
  • --- 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 232.
  • --- 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. pp 166, 207, 232, 211-212; Pl 10.
  • --- Article in Serial: Leeds, E. T. 1945. The Distribution of the Angles and Saxons Archaeologically Considered. Archaeologia. Vol 91 (Second Series) pp 1-106. Fig 29.
  • --- Photograph: Little Walsingham. Urn, brooches and rings from Early Saxon cremation..
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Walsingham (North).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 93 NW 9.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • RING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

May 12 2016 10:18AM

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