NHER 2409 (Monument record) - Bronze Age cremation urns, Luddington's Gravel Pit

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Summary

Two Bronze Age cremation urns were found probably during gravel extraction in 1849.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NW
Civil Parish RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1849? In 18 acre field, approximately 0.25 miles east of Stow Bridge over the Ouse.
Probably in pit west of Brick Kiln Plantation north of Kennels on Ordnance Survey.
Two 'unburnt urns' size of a small pail inverted, found broken containing black mould and bones (ribs, cranium, vertebra). Indented ornament on potsherds. No traces of barrow. (S1) and (S2) says funeral urns probably of prehistoric period, calls Stow Bardolph. (S3) wrongly suggested as Early Saxon. (S4) mentions prehistoric urns found in 1849 by [1].
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

(S5) mentions prehistoric urns found in 1849.
E. Rose (NAU).

September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
This record was related to Luddington's Gravel Pit, NHER 2405 as the modern map shows Luddington's Pit to be significantly larger than indicated by the polygon for the record.
M. Dennis (NLA), 17 September 2007.

  • --- Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. J. 1980. The evidence for Later Bronze Age settlement and burial in Norfolk. Settlement and Society in the British Late Bronze Age. Barrett, J. and Bradley, R. BAR British Series 83 pp 271-293. No 16.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Runcton Holme.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NW 9 [2].
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 426.
  • <S2> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278.
  • <S3> 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 242.
  • <S4> Documentary Source: Manning, C. R. 1853. Catalogue of Antiquities found in the County of Norfolk.
  • <S5> Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Record last edited

Jul 15 2018 5:43PM

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