NHER 13688 (Monument record) - Possible Roman or Early Saxon cremations and a coffin
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Full Description
On map in Caister file (S1) showing findspots either R. R. Clarke (NCM) or C. Green (NCM) has marked the area around Croft Farm as 'Cremation urns etc probably Roman perhaps Anglian'.
D. Gurney (NAU) suggests this comes from various accounts:
Gunn (S2) refers to 'sepulchral urns a quarter of a mile to the northeast' (of what, he does not say) and also 'a complete urn from a claypit northeast of the church'.
Fox (see S3) refers to complete urn from claypit near the mill (NHER 8693) northeast of the church (NHER 8683 - not same urn as Gunn's?
Gunn (S2) also mentions 'coffins near the mill'.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 April 1988.
The latter quotation is given in full in (S3) as 'a large quantity of burnt wood, decayed wood, nails with wood adhering, and a human jaw partly fossilised'.
E. Rose (NAU).
October 2005.
The site is now beneath housing.
(See S4).
D. Robertson (NLA), 11 October 2005.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58220 Unpublished Document: NCM. Parish file.
- <S2> SNF6256 Article in Serial: Gunn, J. 1846. Icenia: notices of Roman Remains, and evidences of occupation, discovered in Norfolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol III pp 246-251. p 246.
- <S3> SNF6273 Monograph: Darling, M. J. and Gurney, D. 1993. Caister-on-Sea Excavations by Charles Green, 1951-55. East Anglian Archaeology. No 60. p 46.
- <S4> SNF57720 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- CREMATION (Early Saxon - 410 AD? to 650 AD?)
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 410 AD? to 650 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Object Types (3)
- COFFIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- URN (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD? to 650 AD?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 29 2024 12:19PM