NHER 2320 (Monument record) - Undated pots and well
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
(Large) 'Urns found in great numbers...of late in a well at Little Massingham in Norfolk of 6 or 8 (? gallons) a piece, about the year 1578 and also in the time of Henry the Eight'
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
After speaking of 'diverse pots...where of some were filled with the ashes and bones of the gentils, the mouths being turned downwards (the like of which, but of finer earth were found in great numbers also of late in a well at Little Massingham in Norfolk, of six or eight gallons a piece, about the year 1578 and also in the time of Henrie the eight).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Massingham, Little.
- --- 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 72 SE 10.
- <S1> SNF6310 Monograph: Harrison. 1807. The Description of Britain in 1584..
- <S2> SNF6411 Publication: Holinshed. 1807. [unknown]. vol I. p 323.
- <S3> SNF496 Article in Monograph: Browne, T., Sir.. 1862. Hydriotaphia: Urn-Burial, or A Discourse of the Sepulchral Urn Lately Found Lately in Norfolk [1658]. The Writings of Sir Thomas Browne. Evans, J.. p 35.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Undated)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 25 2016 10:23AM