Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2409 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age cremation urns, Luddington's Gravel Pit |
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Summary
Two Bronze Age cremation urns were found probably during gravel extraction in 1849.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 614 070 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NW |
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| Parish: | RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1849? In 18 acre field, approximately 0.25 miles east of Stow Bridge over the Ouse.
Probably in pit west of Brick Kiln Plantation north of Kennels on Ordnance Survey.
Two 'unburnt urns' size of a small pail inverted, found broken containing black mould and bones (ribs, cranium, vertebra). Indented ornament on potsherds. No traces of barrow. (S1) and (S2) says funeral urns probably of prehistoric period, calls Stow Bardolph. (S3) wrongly suggested as Early Saxon. (S4) mentions prehistoric urns found in 1849 by [1].
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
(S5) mentions prehistoric urns found in 1849.
E. Rose (NAU).
September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
This record was related to Luddington's Gravel Pit, NHER 2405 as the modern map shows Luddington's Pit to be significantly larger than indicated by the polygon for the record.
M. Dennis (NLA), 17 September 2007.
Monument Types
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. J. 1980. The evidence for Later Bronze Age settlement and burial in Norfolk. Settlement and Society in the British Late Bronze Age. Barrett, J. and Bradley, R. BAR British Series 83 pp 271-293. No 16. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NW 9 [2]. |
| --- | 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 - Bronze Age. Runcton Holme. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 426. |
| <S2> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278. |
| <S3> | 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 242. |
| <S4> | Documentary Source: Manning, C. R. 1853. Catalogue of Antiquities found in the County of Norfolk. |
| <S5> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
Related records
| 2405 | Part of: Roman rubbish pits and multi-period finds, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Monument) |
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