NHER 9022 (Monument record) - Bronze Age cremation

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Summary

A Bronze Age cremation urn and fragments of cremated bone were found in a quarry in 1928. Almost a century earlier, another urn was reported to have been found.

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Map sheet	TL99SE
Civil Parish	ROCKLANDS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1928. From gravel pit by Mount Pleasant. At a hieght of about 30m (100 feet) OD.
Overhanging cinerary urn. Found inverted with mould around about 90cm (3 feet) down in south side; fragments of cremated bone
(S1) gives this a brief reference.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

1837 or before.
Cinerary urn; biconical plain (from same site by Mount Pleasant ?). And Middle Bronze Age pot. (S2), (S3), (S4), (S5).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Notes in file.

Associated Sources (12)

--- 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 14; Fig 3B.
--- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
--- SNF6822 Publication: Longworth, I. H. 1984. Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. No 967.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Rockland.
--- 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 99 NE 6 [2]; TL 99 SE 5 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1712 Article in Serial: 1929. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt I (for 1928) pp 55-56. p 56.
<S2> SNF91547 Publication: Abercromby, J. 1912. A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland and its Associated Grave-Goods. Vol 2. Pl XCVI; Fig 479.
<S3> SNF1427 Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 277.
<S4> SNF856 Article in Serial: Committee Of The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. 1853. A Catalogue of The Antiquities in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. p 9.
<S5> SNF900 Article in Serial: Manning, C. R.. 1859. The Examination of some British Barrows in the Parish of Bergh Apton. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol V pp 180-184. p 183.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (3)

HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Rocklands (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 15 2018 5:43PM