NHER 8634 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age human remains
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
3 June 1954. About 198m (650ft) southwest of Methodist Chapel.
Male human skull 30 to 35 years of age with artificial cuts dredged from drain by commisioners excavator in blue mud at maximum depth of 1.8m (6ft) below modern surface, found in heap of drainage material dredged out 1954.
See (S1), copy in file.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) in file.
D. Gurney (NCM), 29 December 2000.
(S1) dates the skull to the Iron Age.
S. Spooner (NLA) 9 May 2006
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF9190 Photograph: CM 115-6-.
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Mauby (Runham).
- --- 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. TG 41 SE 9.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF6210 Article in Serial: Green, C. & Wells, C. P. 1961. A Human Skull from Runham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII, pp 311-315.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2019 12:47PM