Record Details

NHER Number:6452
Type of record:Monument
Name:Group of Iron Age urns

Summary

Four Iron Age pots were found during an excavation carried out by Norwich Castle Museum in 1956. These were found within a patch of darker soil, possibly a pit.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2308 4165
Map Sheet:TG24SW
Parish:CROMER, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

July 1956.
In base of cliffs at Happy Valley 137m north of Lighthouse.
Iron Age A pottery found.

24 July 1956.
Excavated for NCM by R. R. Clarke, D. R. Howlett, P. Marsden, and D. Vokes.
4 pots lying together crushed, top 45cm below modern surface.
Soot in bottom of urns I, II, and III.
Hole 1.9m deep.
Decoration of Urn I and cordons of Urn II suggest Iron Age A perhaps A2.
Wessex Infuence.
See sketch of pottery (S1) and photos (S2).
The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

Monument Types

  • PIT? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • URN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 3.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. [unknown]. 27 November.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Photograph: 1956. NCM M11-20.
---Photograph: 1956. NCM 841.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Cromer.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Apling, H. 1956. Sketch of Iron Age pottery from Cromer. Tracing paper. 1:1.
<S2>Photograph: Clarke, R. R. and Marsden, P. (NCM). 1956. Excavation photographs.
<S3>Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Other Archaeological Excavations 1956. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 9 (for 1956) p 2.

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