NHER 56422 (Monument record) - Possible charnel pit and disarticulated human bone within churchyard of St Peter and Paul's Church

October 2010-February 2011. Watching brief.
The excavation revealed a number of long bones which were recovered from a large pit. This likely to be a charnel pit containing the re-interred remains of previously disturbed graves.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.395).
S. Howard (HES), 23 December 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2019.

March-November 2013. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the construction of small extension on the north side of the church and the installation of an associated mains water supply and drainage system.
The graveyard soils proved to be particularly deep in this area, with natural geological deposits only encountered towards the base of a deep soakaway. None of the other excavations reached the base of the subsoil, including trenches dug to approximately 1m below present ground level.
No graves or other features were noted and finds were limited to approximately 150 fragments of disarticulated human bone.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 September 2025.