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Spong Hill

Anglo-Saxon artAnglo-Saxon burial practicesAnglo-Saxon paganismAnglo-Saxon sites in EnglandArchaeological sites in Norfolk
Cemeteries in NorfolkKingdom of East AngliaNorth ElmhamUse British English from July 2024

Spong Hill is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery site located south of North Elmham in Norfolk, England. It is the largest known Early Anglo-Saxon cremation site. The site consists of a large cremation cemetery and a smaller, 6th-century burial cemetery of 57 inhumations. Several of the inhumation graves were covered by small barrows and others were marked by the use of coffins. Extensive excavations of the Early Anglo-Saxon cemetery and part of the associated settlement revealed evidence of Early Prehistoric occupation on the hill top, dating from the Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery also revealed extensive occupation evidence: late Iron Age and Roman enclosures and field boundaries, an early Roman kiln, and a small settlement of 'sunken huts' and post-hole buildings possibly contemporary with the cemetery.

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Spong Hill
Dereham Road, Breckland District North Elmham

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Dereham Road
NR20 4DF Breckland District, North Elmham
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