NHER 1038 (Monument record) - Prehistoric cremations
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHEDGRAVE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 1973. Field Observation.
Found on Loddon bypass:
Two small holes filled with black burnt soil with cremations. Subsoil next to cremations, above sand natural yielded sherds of prehistoric (may be Neolithic) pot with several flint flakes.
See drawing (S1).
Pot may be Neolithic (information F. Healey).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NAU), June 1973.
Information from (S2).
The pottery from this site is described as consistent with Early Neolithic bowl in (S3) (in which (S1) is reproduced) and also noted in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2018.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81698 Illustration: Healy, F. 1973. Drawing of ?Early Neolithic pottery sherds. Film. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. pp 400-402.
- <S4> SNF62073 Article in Serial: Healy, F. 1984. Recent Finds of Neolithic Bowl Pottery in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt I pp 65-82.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 14 2018 9:32PM