NHER 7236 (Monument record) - Undated human skeletons

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Summary

In 1821 eleven or twelve human skeletons were found close to the Launditch (NHER 7235). At they time it was suggested that they were the remains of people buried after a battle. It is perhaps more likely that the people were buried after being hanged at a nearby gallows (NHER 13025).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish LONGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

10 February 1821.
Found on a farm at Longham close to the foot of an ancient ditch (Launditch, NHER 7235).
Eleven or twelve human skeletons 'buried after some battle'.
(S1).
(S2) by R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Reference checked by E. Rose (NAU), 14 July 1988.

Copy of (S1) in file.
Could these burials have anything to do with the gallows site NHER 13025?
D. Gurney (NLA), June 1995.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Longham.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Mackie. 10 February . Norfolk Annals.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2013 3:58PM

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