NHER 6370 (Monument record) - 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.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG14SE
Civil Parish RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 629.
  • --- 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 - Neolithic. Runton.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Runton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- 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.
  • 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)

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Record last edited

Jan 10 2025 12:33PM

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