NHER 5403 (Monument record) - Roman glass vessel and cremation, Schist Fens End

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Summary

A Roman glass vessel with a lid was discovered in about 1850. The vessel originally contained a cremation.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

About 1850.
Large glass urn with lid, Flavian, AD 69 to 96 originally containing cremation.
See account in file.
Found on John Watt's Land near Mr Thompson's Farm on left hand side of road from Hockwold to Blackdyke. Found in mound; human skeleton 61cm (2ft) from top; 30cm (1ft) below this, 5 urns full of bones (pottery urns); fen level eached at 1.5m (5ft) deep with this glass urn full of ashes and bones on a wooden stage.
R.R. Clarke (NCM) noted 'many articles' and 'Grange Farm Site' (NHER 5316).
[1] dates as late 1st to early 2nd century glass, ?from Italy; compare with example in (S1).
See (S2).

A.J. Lawson (NAU) in (S3) locates as the rectangular cropmark at 6985 8805 within site NHER 5316, but see note on NHER 5420.
E. Rose (NAU)

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF61858 Correspondence: British Museum. 1957. Letter. 29 August.
--- SNF61859 Correspondence: St Hope,. 1965. Letter. 19 July.
--- SNF61857 Photograph: [unknown].
--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Hockwold Cum Wilton.
--- 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. TL 78 NW 10 [3].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF4580 Monograph: Berger, L.. 1960. Romische Glaser Aus Vindonissa.. p 80, No 203.
<S2> SNF950 Article in Serial: Greenwell, W. 1870. On the Opening of Grime's Graves in Norfolk. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London. Vol II No 4 pp 419-439. p 438.
<S3> SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Hockwold cum Wilton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 4 2016 12:27PM