Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1836 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Warham |
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Summary
This is the site of the medieval church of St Mary Magdalen, which is known to have been still standing in 1690. Today there is no sign on the surface, but in 1960 four complete skulls, eleven incomplete skulls, a complete skeleton and a number of bones were discovered during the excavation of a ditch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9416 4165 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15th June 1960.
Human skeletal remains found in cutting trench north of site of Warham Hall. [1]
Four complete skulls, eleven incomplete skulls, one complete sketeton, numerous bones at depth 2ft to 4ft 6inches (0.6m to 1.4m).
Probably graveyard of demolished church of St Mary the Virgin.
Reported in (S5) and noted on (S6).
Also sherds of early medieval pottery.
In NCM. [2]
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
The church is still shown as standing on Norden's map of around 1690 though he had reversed the dedications of this and St Mary Magdalen.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 October 1994.
Press cutting (S2) in file.
Appropriate section from (S4) in file.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD? to 1690 AD?)
- CHURCHYARD (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD? to 1690 AD?)
- INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Warham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1960. Skulls, skeleton found in Norfolk. 14 July. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. Workmen find skulls at Warham. 15 July. |
| <S3> | Publication: 1960. The Church of St Mary Magdalen, Warham, Norfolk. 1. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 246; p 55. |
| <S5> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 17. |
| <S6> | Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 6. |
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