NHER 4353 (Monument record) - Inhumation of uncertain date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 1962. 'On council estate at Fincham'. Marked as this location by R. R. Clarke. Found in digging cess pit soakaway. Human skeleton. Dated as being 500 years old by [1].
'Other skeletons previously found nearby'. Locally said to be an old burial ground, see (S1).
(S2) has a reference to human skeletons dredged from a pond at the end of an orchard in 1973; probably redeposited from a neighbouring burial ground when a bungalow built. This sounds like a confusion with NHER 14073.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 October 1983.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF99173 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Fincham [2].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4230 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1962. 500-year-old skeleton unearthed. 9 May.
- <S2> SNF56541 Record Card: Kings Lynn Museum Staff. 1974 - ?. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card – King’s Lynn Museum.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 16 2016 2:33PM