NHER 11041 (Monument record) - Possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM28NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ALBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
In meadows by roadside as men were digging for the foundation of a new station house near the Dove, Wortwell, they found eleven or more skeletons close together but in every direction. A rude-looking weapon, much resembling an old billhook or butcher's cleaver, very much corroded, was found with them secured by writer.
Perhaps Early Saxon (?Homersfield Station E).
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Alburgh.
- --- 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. TM 28 NE 8.
- <S1> SNF6370 Article in Serial: Hempnall, R.. 1859-1860. The East Anglian or Notes and queries on subjects connected with the counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Norfolk. The East Anglian. Vol I, p 89. p 89.
- <S2> SNF1996 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 243.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- CLEAVER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 19 2016 9:57AM