Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1612 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Early Saxon cemetery |
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Summary
An Early Saxon cremation urn was found on the west side of the Heacham valley in 1917 or 1918. This may come from an Early Saxon cremation cemetery. This may be the same as NHER 13882.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7171 3582 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Anglian urn (?cemetery) found on west side of valley. Probably at above grid reference. Formerly at Sedgeford Hall, now lost. Very different from urns in NCM (see NHER 1611).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- CEMETERY? (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Ingleby, H. 1917. Roman and other Remains recently discovered at Sedgeford. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XIX pp 117-121. p 119. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. and Myres, J. N. L. 1939. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part I. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII, Pt II pp 163- 214. pp 173-175, 208. |
| --- | 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 230. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Leeds, E. T. 1945. The Distribution of the Angles and Saxons Archaeologically Considered. Archaeologia. Vol 91 (Second Series) pp 1-106. Map pl 27. |
| --- | 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. |
Related records
| 13882 | Related to: Early Saxon cremation urn from Eaton Farm (Sedgeford, poorly located) (Monument) |
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