NHER 7424 (Monument record) - Bronze Age cremation urn
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
September 1960. 137m (450') along road from juction, 20m( 65' ) south of road metalling. Found digging hole for fence post and broken.
Overhanging rim urn. (Collared urn says A.J. Lawson NAU. E. Rose NAU.). Inverted over calcined human bones, base at about 0.6m to 0.75m (2' - 2' 6") in depth.
Other fragments found by excavation. (Under sixth concrete post south of road).
Anthropological report (S1), (Male 16 or 17). Site on (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
1966. About 137m.(450 yds) west south west from St Agnes's Church. Excavated material from surface to 1.2m (4ft) deep.
A few sherds Bronze Age and medieval sherds mixed in. Possibly a later pit but no indication in section. Material a few feet from cremation urn found in 1960.
Information from W.Milligan (NCM) and two others.
E.B. Green (NCM)
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57454 Photograph: 1960. Photograph.
- --- SNF6822 Publication: Longworth, I. H. 1984. Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. No 936.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Cawston [2].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 2.
- <S1> SNF57453 Unpublished Document: C.P.B. Wells. 1960. Anthropological report. November.
- <S2> SNF57455 Photograph: 1960. Photograph no.M1598.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2016 12:37PM