Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7684 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age cremation finds |
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Summary
In 1798 six cremation urns were discovered when a mound was levelled. They were probably Bronze Age. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1798. In removing mound of earth 'by roadside near Mayton Bridge'.
Six urns were found of well baked earth with calcined bone.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
1975.
No sign of barrow in surrounding ploughed fields. Ground very irregular and sunken; perhaps quarried?
A.J. Lawson (NAU) 6 February 1975.
Monument Types
- CREMATION (Undated)
- MOUND (Undated)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 SE 6. |
| --- | 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 - Bronze Age. Horstead. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 426. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Millican, P.. 1937. A history of Horstead and Stanninghall, Norfolk.. p 3. |
| <S3> | Publication: Rye, W. 1916. Roman Camps and Remains in Norfolk. |
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