Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10845 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Saxon cremation cemetery (marginal) |
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Summary
An Early Saxon cremation cemetery may have been found between 1538 and 1543. An old document records how 'yn digging of a balke or mere yn a folde longging to the paroche of Keninghaul in Northfolk' many pottery vessels containing cremated human bone were uncovered. The exact location of this cemetery is unclear.
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Location
Full description
Around 1538 to 1543.
Urn cemetery of unknown date found reported by Leland. 'Syr John Dicons told me that yn digging of a balke or mere yn a folde longging to the paroche of Keninghaul in Northfolk ther were founde a great many yerthen pottes yn order cum cineribus mortuorum'.
See (S1) quoted (S2).
Perhaps same as urns found near the Castle Yards.
See (S3), (S4) and (S5).
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- CREMATION (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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 223. |
| --- | Serial: Blomefield, F. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol I. p 215. |
| --- | 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. Kenninghall. |
| <S1> | Serial: Toulmin-Smith, L. (ed). 1909. Itinerary.. Vol IV, p 120. |
| <S2> | Publication: 1935. Norfolk Annual. -p.33. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1872. Kenninghall. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 289-299. p 290. |
| <S5> | 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. p 165. |
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