NHER 8119 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age urn
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Summary
A Bronze Age cinerary urn and a smaller 'pygmy' cup were destroyed when a ditch was dug around Catton Park in 1920 or 1921.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Found 1920 or 21.
'Pygmy cup' in ill-fired grey ware (6cm, 2 1/4 ins maximum diameter) with three perforations in side found in association with much larger urn (Bronze Age cinerary urn) destroyed in Catton Park on south side of Hall in making ditch around garden. Found 1.8m (6 feet) deep.
See (S1), (S2), (S3) and (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Catton.
- --- 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. TG 21 SW 13.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF1614 Article in Serial: 1922. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt IV (for 1921-22) pp 607-624. p 608.
- <S2> SNF4088 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 7 December.
- <S3> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. CM 38.
- <S4> SNF79885 Illustration: Clarke, R.. 1962. Drawing of a Bronze Age 'pygmy' cup.. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jun 16 2016 12:42PM