Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3886 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of St Peter's Chapel |
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Summary
In 1972 human remains, flints, cobbles and bricks were found here during the digging of an electricity trench. Documentary evidence suggests that a medieval chapel dedicated to St Peter existed in this area. In 2008, surface finds and geophysical survey confirmed the presence of a building, and an evaluation is planned.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 76 15 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Human remains found in electricity trench.
Information from NCM map.
Further information from KLM map: Found 1 December 1972 with flint, cobbles and bricks.
E. Rose (NLA) 2 October 1981.
Falls within large scatter NHER 32876.
Informant notes documentary evidence may point to a chapel of St Peter in this area.
E. Rose (NLA) 8 July 1998.
2008. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting recorded an area of flints and mortar, and geophysical survey recorded a rectangular two-cell building, the square east end of which was later replaced by an apsidal cell. There are plans to conduct an archaeological evaluation of the chapel as part of the West Acre History Fair on 24/25 August 2008.
See (S1) and (S2).
Details of work in 2008 to follow.
D. Gurney (NLA) 12 June 2008.
The location given for the site in (S1) is to the southwest of the mapped location (approximately at [1]). The location of the site needs to be reviewed during a site visit.
D. Robertson (NLA), 5 August 2008.
Spring 2008. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Undated)
- BRICK (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Correspondence: Davison, A. 1992. Letter regarding documentary research on chapels in Westacre and Marham. 06 October 1992. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Westacre. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: de Bootman, M. and Shepherd, J. 2008. Project Design for the Archaeological Evaluation of St Peter's Chapel, West Acre, Norfolk. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2008. Medieval Chapel life uncovered after seven centuries. 2 August. |
Related records
| 29201 | Related to: Site of St Peter's Chapel, Westacre (Monument) |
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