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Record Details

NHER Number:	9335
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Probable Bronze Age barrow and burial urn

Summary

This is one of two possible sites where a probably Bronze Age barrow was excavated in 1799 and a burial urn containing cremated human bone and fragments of pottery were found inside. The urn was originally described as Roman but is probably Bronze Age. Reports suggest that some possible Early Saxon iron spearheads, Early Saxon pottery and Early Saxon knives were excavated from a pit nearby. The site is now part of NHER 9332. A programme of archaeological work undertaken at this site between 2012 and 2013 revealed no evidence for a Bronze Age barrow at this location.

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Location

Grid Reference:	TG 1793 0773
Map Sheet:	TG10NE
Parish:	COLNEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1799.
Possible site of barrow with cinerary urn, etc, well, etc. found in digging gravel pit.
Alternative to NHER 9336.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 29 June 1982.

NHER 9335 now part of extended site NHER 9332.

August-November 2012 and February-March 2013. Trial Trenching and Excavation.
A programme of archaeological work undertaken prior to the redevelopment of this site revealed no evidence for a Bronze Age barrow at this location.
The postulated location of the barrow within this field appears to coincide with an extensive area of post-medieval quarry workings.
See NHER 61924 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 November 2016.

Monument Types

CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
KNIFE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 275.
---	Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 419.
---	Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 51.
---	Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---	Publication: Longworth, I. H. 1984. Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. No 937.
---	Serial: 1851. Proc. Archaeol. Inst. Proc. Archaeol. Inst.. vol for 1847 vol.XXI.
---	Monograph: Woodward, S. 1847. History and Antiquities of Norwich Castle. Map 1.
---	Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Colney [2].
---	Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Colney.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
---	Publication: Abercromby, J. 1912. A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland and its Associated Grave-Goods. Vol 2. Pl LXVII; Fig 70.
---	Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
---	Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Colney.
<S1>	Article in Serial: Gibson, W. 1803. Account of a Burial Urn, discovered at Colney, in Norfolk, in a letter from the Rev. William Gibson to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary. Archaeologia. Vol XIV pp 1-6.
<S6>	Serial: Woodward, S.. 1827. Woodward Correspondance.. p 91.
<S7>	Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol II; f.82 (Add MS 23054).
<S8>	Article in Serial: Brongniart, A.. 1844. [unknown]. Traite des Arts Ceramiques. Vol I, p 449, pl 57, fig 14.
<S9>	Article in Serial: Stevens, F. 1936. Twisted Cord Decoration on Bronze Age Pottery. Man. Vol XXXVI May pp 79-81.