NHER 4151 (Find Spot record) - Medieval coffins
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
When the bridge at the ford was rebuilt before 1900, 10 or 12 stone coffins came from the bed of river, having been used as foundations.
2 lids are now in Castle Acre church where they were seen by E. Rose (NAU) 28 August 1975.
Floreate crosses on them.
Vicar calls them Norman, and they are certainly early medieval.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU)
There is said to be another built into the churchyard wall.
(S1) reports that the latter was in fact leaning against, not built into, the wall.
It was saved from being broken up for rubble in 1985 by an old man who said it was a Saxon altar stone.
But description shows it is clearly a crossed coffin slab.
To be preserved in the church also?
E. Rose (NAU) 19 March 1986.
Visited S. Ashley (NAU) and K. Penn (NAU) 24 March 1986.
Slab in churchyard.
Not in fact crossed or decorated, and not tapering.
About 2m long and 50cm wide; shelly limestone with bevelled edge and moulding on one end.
Certainly some sort of tomb cover but is it one of those from ford?
S. Ashley (NAU) March 1986.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Castle Acre.
- --- 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. TF 81 SW 3.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF5233 Newspaper Article: Clarke, W.G. (Norwich Mercury). [unknown]. 29 November.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- COFFIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Apr 1 2016 1:40PM