Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18627 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of inhumation cemetery |
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Summary
Human remains have been found at this site, including the remains of several individuals. This may suggest this site is part of the inhumation cemetery identified approximately 100m to the north (NHER 5544). Two fragments of iron from this site have been tentatively identified as 17th-century coffin fittings, suggesting a post-medieval date for these burials.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6382 2097 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | GAYWOOD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1980. Found in garden of no 118.
Lower jaw and some small bones.
Taken to KLM but forgotten until August 1982.
E.M. James (KLM), January 1983.
August 1982. In digging soakaway in garden of no 120.
Human remains of several people found. Very close together, apparently a mass burial, bodies overlapping. Large quantities taken to KLM. Accessioned as 157.982 which also includes the 1980 finds.
Outlier of site NHER 5544?
E.M. James (KLM), January 1983.
May 1984. Further finds brought to KLM.
Part of child's jawbone - 9-10 year old?
2 iron objects, L-shaped with further spikes at right angles. Very rusty. Arms of L 11cm and 6cm approximately. Possibly coffin clamps. Seen by British Museum, Museum of London and V&A. Tentative date 17th century. Correspondence and X-rays at King's Lynn Museum.
Sherd, late medieval or early post medieval. Unglazed pink fabric, fine, very soft, big handle stub. KLM 25.986A.
E.M. James (KLM), 12 March 1986.
July 2005. While digging fence post hole in garden of 118 Wootton Road.
Human skull.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NLA), 5 September 2005.
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Unknown date)
- CEMETERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COFFIN FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 5544 | Related to: Inhumation cemetery and multi-period finds (Monument) |
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