NHER 2550 (Monument record) - Undated human remains from Hemplands Farm
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Summary
Human bones were found scattered either side of a ditch at Hemplands Farm, and part of a skeleton including a complete lower jaw. Fragments of wood were found under the skeleton.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1967. Hemplands Farm, Methwold Hythe.
Human bone scattered either side of a ditch. Part of a skeleton, includes a complete lower jaw. Bark found under body.
See (S1) and (S2).
B. Green (NCM).
(S2) has photograph showing that the 'bark' beneath the body is in fact a regular setting of wood and that it was from site NHER 2550.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. p 36.
- --- SNF99173 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Methwold.
- --- 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. TL 69 NE 18.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF63988 Unpublished Document: Curtis, F.. 1967. Burial at Hemplash Farm, Methwold Hythe.
- <S2> SNF63993 Photograph: Curtis, F.. 1967. Skeleton from Hemplands Farm, Methwold Hythe.
- <S3> SNF6366 Article in Serial: Healy, F. & Housley, R. A.. 1992. Nancy was not alone: human skeletons of the Early Bronze Age from the Norfolk peat fen.. Antiquity. Vol 66, No 253, pp 948-55.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 17 2018 4:14PM