NHER 5997 (Monument record) - Iron Age burials

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Summary

Two Iron Age burials, together with Iron Age pottery fragments, worked flints and animal bones, were found during road widening works in 1956. One was of a female, the other of an infant.

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Location

Map sheet	TL98NE
Civil Parish	ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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27 July 1956. Found during road widening 26 July 1956. Excavation NCM.
Two Iron Age A burials. Fragmentary female skeleton and child found in grave 1.5m (5 feet) long (head to west) 1.2m to 1.5m (4 feet to 4 feet 9 inches) below modern surface.
Infilling contained two fragments of Iron Age A pottery, flint flakes, charcoal and animal bones. One arm raised to head, knees bent.
Press cuttings (S1), (S2) and report on human remains (S3) in file.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF87565 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Other Archaeological Excavations 1956. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 9 (for 1956) p 2.
--- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Roudham.
--- 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 98 NE 27.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF2259 Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 4.
<S1> SNF3886 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. Iron Age skeleton found at Roudham. 31 July.
<S2> SNF51 Newspaper Article: The Times. 1956. Iron Age skeleton found in Norfolk. 1 August.
<S3> SNF66606 Unpublished Document: Wells, C. P. B.. An Iron Age Inhumation from Roudham, Norfolk.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

INHUMATION (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (4)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
HUMAN REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

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Roudham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 11 2016 12:00PM