Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10232 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable Early Saxon burial |
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Summary
In 1932, during the construction of a tennis court, a human skeleton was found with an iron javelin head and iron knife. This was found with Roman pottery, but it is probably an Early Saxon burial on a Roman site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3305 0799 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | BRUNDALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1932. 64 metres (70 yards) northeast of station in making tennis court at 'Water Meadows' south of Station New Road, a disturbed area about 0.5m deep in sand and loam was found with a skeleton lying north to south with iron javelin head measuring 19.7cm long, 3.8cm wide and 1.9cm thick. (7 3/4 inches long by 1 1/2 inches by 3/4 of an inch) at foot, and iron knife 10.8cm long with a blade of 6.3cm , 1.9cm thick (4 1/4 inches long, blade 2 3/8 inches back 3/4 of an inch at waist).
Burnt stones, wattle and daub, Niedermendig lava and coarse Roman pottery (jug, rim and mortar and jar) Castor ware (Nene Valley Colour-Coated Ware).
Probably an Early Saxon burial on a Roman site. See (S1), (S2), (S3).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
A possible Roman spoon bit (E.B. Green NCM 1971). (S4) publishes as Early Saxon (E. Rose NAU).
It is reported that, at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries a number of skulls were found in the same area by local schoolboys. This angered their parents who arranged for the skulls to be reburied in a corner of Braydeston churchyard (NHER 10266) (S5).
D. Gurney (HES), 31 October 2012.
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INHUMATION (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DRILL BIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPEAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- DRILL BIT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- KNIFE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- QUERN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NW 8 [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 - Roman. Brundall. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Brundall. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. [unknown]. 30 November. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1938. [unknown]. 23 June. |
| <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 236. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Wilson, D.M.. 1976. The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England.. p 258, fig 6.2c. |
| <S5> | *Verbal Communication: Ann-Marie Simpson. 2012. [unknown]. |
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