NHER 2778 (Monument record) - Bronze Age urn, from Woman Hithe
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Bronze Age Barrel-shaped pottery vessel from cliff edge.
Vessel sat on top of natural pure sand with brown sandy gravel layer on top. Grey sandy soil - old top soil - sealed vessel, the grey soil being sealed by wind blown sand deposit. Urn set upright with black sandy soil in base, brown -grey soil and small flints in upper fill. Some traces of reddened - burnt? sand round base. Below urn grey stain in natural sand 3cm wide extending 40cm deep below urn base, almost vertically in straight line - stake pale?
C. Green and R. Jacobi 26 March 1975.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF2643 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 17; Fig 4F.
- --- SNF10310 Photograph: RF 1-9.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 12.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- URN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 15 2018 5:44PM