Record Details

NHER Number:3949
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman cremation and Early Saxon pottery sherds

Summary

In 1952 fragments of two Roman pots and two Early Saxon pots were found at this site. One of the Roman pots contained a cremation.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7617 1468
Map Sheet:TF71SE
Parish:EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1952. Stray Find.
Found at Bradmoor Field 'A':
Fragments of two Early Saxon pots - one with simple linear decoration, one with hollow bosses and textile decoration. See drawing (S1) and (S2), produced by [1].
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2018.

1952. Stray Find.
Also from Bradmoor Field 'A':
Roman jar of fumed grey ware with decoration of raised dots in barbotine. Also grey jar with fragments of cremated bone.
Information from (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2018.

Monument Types

  • CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status

  • Higher Level Stewardship

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 SE 7.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Craster, M. 1952. Drawing of Early Saxon pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: Craster, M. 1952. Drawing of Early Saxon pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1.
<S3>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Walton (East).
<S4>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Walton (East).

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