Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6370 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Neolithic inhumation and multi period pottery sherds |
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Summary
In 1946 a Neolithic bowl was found buried with two skeletons, presumably contemporary with it. Sherds of Early Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and medieval pottery were also found in the area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 184 432 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SE |
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| Parish: | RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1946.
Grooved ware (Rinyo-Clacton) bowl and two skeletons found. See drawing of bowl (S1), which is reproduced in (S2).
Also beaker, Iron Age?, Roman or medieval pottery found nearby.
Held by NCM.
T. Clough (NAU).
West of Woman Hithe in cliff face or debris therefrom.
Fragment of A/C Beaker and other sherds (Iron Age or Bronze Age) found close to Grooved Ware bowl (also Roman and medieval).
Held by NCM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Cliff face or debris therefrom west of Woman Hith.
two fragments coarse Roman and fragment of plain Samian indeterminate form.
Held by NCM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Grooved Ware bowl found in fragments near two skeletons (bones not recovered. Roman sherds also found). See
Two scrapers and a Beaker ware sherd also found.
Found in cliff face under minefield, just west of Woman Hithe.
Repaired at Institute of Archaeology. (S3).
See for comparison Isle of Wight Pottery.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- INHUMATION (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 629. |
| --- | 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 - Neolithic. Runton. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Runton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. Drawing of a Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery vessel from Runton. Card. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Clarke, R. R. 1960. East Anglia. Ancient People and Places. 14. p 61; Fig 14. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1949. Antiquaries' Journal. Vol XXIX. p 87. |
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