NHER 7853 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cremation cemetery near Drayton Lodge (poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1848, 1849, or 1850. 'While trenching on brow of hill above the River Wensum near (possibly west of the river, added by R. R. Clarke (NCM)) Drayton Lodge'. 'Many destroyed in cultivation now under wood'.
Forty urns, one containing part of an iron dagger. Urn fragments included rudely made lid.
(S1) Three sherds and bones.
(S2) Half a pot found November 1848 with three others.
(S3) Only complete pot found August 1848, of coarse light fabric, by a labourer trenching a plantation in immediate vicinity of Drayton Lodge.
(S4) Urn found at Drayton Lodge; twenty urns. Dug up in trenching for plantation filled with burnt human bones. 95cm (38in) circumference, 24cm (9.5in) high.
See also (S5) (called Roman); (S6) (called Early Saxon by Fitch), (S7). See also (S8) and (S9).
Copy of (S10) by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
E. Rose (NAU).
About 1950/1960. A group of enthusiasts excavated at various points in the woods around Drayton Lodge belonging to the hospital board, but found nothing.
Information from E. B. Green (NCM), February 1982.
E. Rose (NAU), 17 February 1982.
Copy of drawing (S11) in file.
Associated Sources (15)
- --- SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 333-334.
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Drayton.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SE 11 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol II; f.224 (Add MS 23054).
- <S10> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S11> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- <S2> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol II; f.225 (Add MS 23054).
- <S3> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol II; f.226 (Add MS 23054).
- <S4> SNF810 Serial: 1850. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. vol.V p.154. p 154.
- <S5> SNF805 Article in Serial: Harrod, H. 1849. Letter to Dawson Turner, Esq., V.P. on The Ruined Lodge at Drayton. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol II pp 363-368. p 364.
- <S6> SNF807 Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 416.
- <S7> SNF1996 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 220.
- <S8> 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 20.
- <S9> SNF4913 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1905. Hundred of Taverham. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XV. p 36.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DAGGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2018 8:48PM