NHER 1465 (Monument record) - Inhumation and ditches of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1961. 244m (803') from south boundary of water tower grounds, in constructing new road (A149) at east side Redgate Hill.
Inhumation burial (skull only survived) found in north of 2 ditches running east to west at slight slant across line of main road, and cut into chalk.
C.P. Wells to have reported on skull.
Ditches were about 54m (60 paces) apart.
No dateable finds, but ditch at this point was sealed by bank of former main road.
See (S1), with rough sections.
E. Rose (NAU)
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF99173 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Heacham.
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Heacham.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 NE 56.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2016 3:21PM