EARLY MAN 



Evans C. = The Coins of the Ancient Britons, 1864, and Supplement, 1890, by John Evans, 



F.S.A. 

 Evans S. = The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, ed. 2, 



by Sir John Evans, 1897. 

 ^.yf. = Norfolk Archaeology ( 77"^ Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaologual 



Society). 

 D. T«r«^r = Dawson Turner's collection of drawings, engravings, etc., illustrative of 



Blomefield's History of Norfolk, British Museum Additional MSS. 23,024-23,062. 



Alburgh. — Tumulus near Alburgh church upon being opened was found to contain 



human bones. Period doubtful, but probably prehistoric [^E.A., i. 89]. 

 AsHiLL. — Gold torque of twisted pattern ; Bronze age [A''.^., v. 193, with illustrations]. 

 Attleborough. — Neolithic celts, chipped and ground at edges [D. Turner, Add. MS. 



23,053, fos. 39, 40]. Perforated stone hammer [D. Turner, Add. MS. 23,053, fo. 38]. 



Barbed and stemmed arrowhead \_Evans S., 390]. Bronze palstave {Evans B., 77]. 

 Aylmerton, Gallows Corner. — Palasolithic implement [Evans S., 572]. 

 Aylsham. — Ground flint celt [Evans S., 100]. Chipped flint arrowhead, with sides 



curved outwards [Evans S., 381]. 

 Barton Bendish. — Ground flint celt (Neolithic) [Evans S., 100]. 

 Bergh Apton, or Burgh Apton. — Tumuli, funereal urn, sword (? bronze) and stone 



celt (the last now in British Museum) [N.A., v. 180-184]. 

 Bircham Magna. — Bronze Age barrows containing gold beads, bronze pin, etc. [F. C. 



Lukis, Brief Account of the Barrows near Bircham Magna, Norfolk, 1843, pp. 13, 14.] 

 Blofield — Ground flint celt [N.A., viii. 329]. 

 Bradeston. — Urns of imperfectly baked clay, possibly of the Romano-British period 



[E.A., i. 134]. 

 Brandon. — Neolithic flint-mines and numerous implements found in and near them at 



Grimes' Graves. See description in the foregoing article on ' Early Man.' 

 Breckles. — Ground flint celt [Evans S., 100]. 

 Bressingham. — Coin of rare type [Evans C, p. 71, pi. C. No 2]. 

 Brettenham. — Coin of Cunobulin [Evans C, p. 571, pi. xxii. No. 10]. This coin is 



now in the cabinet of Sir John Evans, K.C.B. 

 Broome. — Tumuli, probably of the Bronze age [N.A., v. 361, 362]. 

 Brunstead. — An uninscribed gold coin [Evans C, p. 443, pi. K. No. 4]. 

 Buckenham. — Stag's-horn pick, of Neolithic age [Evans S., 34]. Tumulus, probably of 



prehistoric age [Athenaum, May II, 1901, p. 599]. 

 BuRSTON. — Palasolithic implement [N.A., ix. 363]. 

 Buxton Common. — Barrow containing a funereal urn of imperfectly burnt clay and bones 



[Archisologia, xiii. 404]. 

 Caister near Great Yarmouth. — Quartzite hammerhead [Evans S., 229]. 

 Carlton Rode. — Important hoard of bronze implements, including gouges, chisels, etc. 



[Evans B., 78, 94, 113, 119, 121, 122, 133, 167, 171, 173, 175, 178,424,467 ; 



Archisological Journal, ii. 80 ; Archaologia, xxxi. 494 ; Archaological Association 



Journal, i. 59 ; C. R. Smith, Coll. Antiq., i. 105]. 

 Castle Acre. — Cinerary urn of pre-Roman age, in possession of Mr. Plowright, of 



SwafFham. Information supplied by Mr. G. E. Fox, F.S.A. 

 Castle Rising. — Four bronze celts [Archasological Institute, Norwich Volume, p. xxvi.]. 

 Caston. — Bronze socketed and looped celt [Evans B., 121]. 

 Cawston. — Gold coin of the Iceni type [Evans C, p. 579, pi. xiv. No. 14]. 

 CoLNEY. — Cinerary urn, found inverted and filled with ashes, probably pre-Roman 



[Archaologia, xiv. pp. 1-6 ; Archaeological Institute, Noriuich Volume, p. xxv.]. 

 CoLTisHALL. — Urn of coarse ware, probably prehistoric, found in 1850 [D. Turner, Add. 



MS., 23,054, fo. 84 ; N.A., iii. 426]. 

 Congham. — Quartzite hammerhead [Evans S., 229]. 



Cressingham. — Bronze age interment. A male skeleton in contracted posture accom- 

 panied by breastplate, armilla, and circular box-like objects of gold, amber beads and 



pendants, and bronze dagger and javelin-head [Evans S., 460 ; Evans B., 244 ; 



Archieolgia, xliii. 454, 528 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. Lond, ser. 2. iv. 456 ; D. Turner, 



Add. MS., 23,054, fo. 98]. 



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