NHER 9710 (Monument record) - Site of probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age pottery urn placed upside down over a cremation was found in 1929. This may have been buried in a Bronze Age round barrow but no trace of the round barrow can now be seen. A Roman brooch has also been found here.

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Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1929. Found in ploughing by crossroads 500m (1/3 mile) east northeast of Keswick Hall.
Overhanging rim cinerary urn inverted over fragmentary cremated human bones.
The pottery vessel was donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1929.49) and is identified in (S6) as an Early Bronze Age Collared Urn.

(S1) has 'excavation' crossed out, but on (S2) is marked 'saw excavation'.

See (S3) which adds 'circle near here seen from air by H.F. Low around 1935 not photographed'. Is this a confusion with NHER 9598 or a separate site?

Barrow marked on map I of (S3) but probably not sited exactly.
R.R.Clarke (NCM).

This also is marked on map in (S4) - from this it appears to be on this site.
E. Rose (NAU), 1980.

1978.
No mound in this area except at north end wood, probably from quarrying.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 8 March 1978.

April 1991. Metal detecting finds on find spot of Bronze Age urn found in 1929.
Head stud brooch, red enamel, 2nd century.
See (S5).
W. Milligan (NCM), 10 May 1991.

Now falls within NHER 35095.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF748 Article in Serial: Woodward, S. 1838. Ancient Swords found near Norwich. Archaeologia. Vol XXVII pp 435-437. pp 435-437.
--- SNF8674 Monograph: Woodward, S. 1847. History and Antiquities of Norwich Castle. Map 1.
--- SNF6691 Publication: Laking. European Arms and Armour.
--- SNF1427 Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. No 544.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Keswick [2].
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SW 3.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF735 Serial: 1834. Arch.. VolXXV. vol.XXV p.618-9. pp 618-619.
--- SNF8668 Serial: Woodward, S.. 1833. Woodward Correspondance.. p 169.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
<S4> SNF8690 Serial: Woodward, S.. Woodward Correspondance.. Vol II, p 90-2.
<S5> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S6> SNF6822 Publication: Longworth, I. H. 1984. Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. No 955.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 12:46PM