Poorly Located Monument record CUL 057 - Probable Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetry with urns

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Summary

Probable cremation cemetery - various records of urns exist. See sources. Formerly recorded as CUL MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 83 71 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TL87SW
Civil Parish CULFORD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Probable cremation cemetery (R1).
"One-three cinerary urns found here." (R2).
Necked vessel with long horizontal bosses (S1). West (1998) notes that Culford Hall was held by the Marquess of Cornwallis at the time of the discovery of the Eye cremation cemetery in 1818 (S2).

Formerly recorded as CUL MISC

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1920-85-4, 1920.
  • <R1> Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 338.
  • <S2> Monograph: West, S.. 1998. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology. West 1998, 24.
  • <R2> (No record type): Fox, Arch C R, 278.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Oct 17 2022 1:45PM

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