Record Details
NHER Number: | 9364 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Roman cremation |
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Summary
In 1930 a Roman cremation urn was found in a garden. It was placed in the ground upside down and contained cremated bones. Pottery sherds and oyster shells, possibly Roman in date, were found at the same time in a field to the west.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1941 0554 |
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Map Sheet: | TG10NE |
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Parish: | CRINGLEFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1930. From the garden of Kent House, Keswick Road (third house east of Cantley Lane, near the School).
Greyware jar containing cremated bones, found inverted.
Sherds (possibly Roman) and oyster shell found at same time on field to west.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 21. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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