Record Details
NHER Number: | 3945 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Bronze Age cremation |
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Summary
In 1954/1955 a Bronze Age cremation urn was found during ploughing. It contained the cremated remains of an adult male.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 757 146 |
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Map Sheet: | TF71SE |
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Parish: | EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1954 to 1955. Found in deep ploughing (S1).
Urn with thumbnail marking round shoulder and lip. Somewhat distorted but average height of 38cm (15in) and maximum width. Urn contained cremated bones of sturdily built male. Information from C. P. Wells.
Information from (S2).
Material checked and confirmed by A. J. Lawson (NAU); see (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 12 October 1981.
Report (S4) in file.
Monument Types
- CREMATION (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)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Walton (East). |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map. |
<S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
<S3> | Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. J. 1980. The evidence for Later Bronze Age settlement and burial in Norfolk. Settlement and Society in the British Late Bronze Age. Barrett, J. and Bradley, R. BAR British Series 83 pp 271-293. No 27; Fig 5A. |
<S4> | Unpublished Document: Wells, C.. A Bronze Age Cremation from Narford, Norfolk. |
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