Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3348 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Saxon cremation cemetery and inhumation |
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Summary
A number of Early Saxon cremation urns and associated artefacts were recovered from this location in 1892 and sometime between 1925-35 an Early Saxon inhumation was also uncovered here.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 64 15 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH RUNCTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1892.
Early Saxon cremation cemetery found at this site.
1925 or 1935. Stray find.
Early Saxon inhumation found.
Finds associated with the burial include an Early Saxon wrist clasp (NWHCM: 1956.274.1) and an Early Saxon blue, yellow and red glass bead necklace suspended from two small-long brooches (NWHCM: 1956.274). Information from NMS MODES database. The brooches are discussed in Unpublished Document (S1).
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 27 July 2020.
See full details and correspondence (S2, S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 4 September 1990.
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- CREMATION (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- INHUMATION (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: 1895. Appendix: Extracts from the Proceedings at General and Committee Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XII pp 335-340. p 336. |
| --- | 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 166, 171; Pl 7.1. |
| --- | 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 229. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Leeds, E. T. 1945. The Distribution of the Angles and Saxons Archaeologically Considered. Archaeologia. Vol 91 (Second Series) pp 1-106. p 89; Fig 6. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 NW 11. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Lethbridge, T.C.. 1931. Recent Excavations on Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire & Suffolk.. Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Series. New Series 3, p 83. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Runcton (North). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Howe, D.. 1983. Notes on the Small-long Brooches in the Norwich Castle Collections. Finds Report. Nos. 5 and 6. |
| <S2> | Correspondence: Hawkes, C. F. C.. 1935. Letters to W. G. Gurney. 4 October to 14 October. |
| <S3> | Correspondence: Morris, John. 1956. Letter to R. R. Clarke. 30 October. |
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