NHER 6013 (Monument record) - Possible Iron Age and Bronze Age cemetery
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Summary
In 1953, ploughing turned up Iron and Bronze Age pottery fragments together with cremated human bone. This could mean that the area was in use as a cemetery during those periods.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1953. Bronze Age sherds ploughed up near Iron Age A sherds and cremated human bones (A possible urnfield).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
One sherd only in box.
E.B. Green (NCM).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bridgham.
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Bridgham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NE 4.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
May 28 2020 2:19PM