NHER 1836 (Monument record) - Site of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Warham

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Summary

This is the site of the medieval church of St Mary Magdalen, which is known to have been still standing in 1690. Today there is no sign on the surface, but in 1960 four complete skulls, eleven incomplete skulls, a complete skeleton and a number of bones were discovered during the excavation of a ditch.

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Map sheet	TF94SW
Civil Parish	WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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15th June 1960.
Human skeletal remains found in cutting trench north of site of Warham Hall. [1]
Four complete skulls, eleven incomplete skulls, one complete sketeton, numerous bones at depth 2ft to 4ft 6inches (0.6m to 1.4m).
Probably graveyard of demolished church of St Mary the Virgin.
Reported in (S5) and noted on (S6).

Also sherds of early medieval pottery.
In NCM. [2]
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

The church is still shown as standing on Norden's map of around 1690 though he had reversed the dedications of this and St Mary Magdalen.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 October 1994.

Press cutting (S2) in file.
Appropriate section from (S4) in file.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Warham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF352 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1960. Skulls, skeleton found in Norfolk. 14 July.
<S2> SNF416 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. Workmen find skulls at Warham. 15 July.
<S3> SNF2341 Publication: 1960. The Church of St Mary Magdalen, Warham, Norfolk. 1.
<S4> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 246; p 55.
<S5> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 17.
<S6> SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 6.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2016 9:17AM