Record Details

NHER Number:11262
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Early Saxon pot (Sedgeford, marginal)

Summary

An Early Saxon cremation urn was found. The exact location of this discovery is unclear. It may have come from NHER 1611.

Images - none

Location

Parish:SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

19th century, site not known. Plain urn, almost complete, no contents survive.
Held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1974.86).
E. Rose (NLA).

Possibly one of the two urn from cemetery site NHER 1611 that are recorded as being held by the Norwich Castle Museum.
See (S1) in file for NHER 1611.
J. Allen (NLA), 2 February 2004.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Sedgeford.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Hammond, J.. 2003. The Pagan Saxon Urns found at Sedgeford.

Related records

1611Parent of: Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)

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