Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5008 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated human bones |
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Summary
During the late 18th century and early 19th century a large quantity of human bones was discovered on this site. The context in which they were buried is not clear. They may have been buried in a mound, a possible Bronze Age barrow. Another possibility is that they were associated with a ruined stone building that was recorded in 1800. The building could have been a medieval chapel which was recorded in the parish by Blomefield.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1994 0513 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NE |
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| Parish: | CRINGLEFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'In 1795, a great quantity of human bones were discovered about a furlong east of the Hall, supposed to be the remains of persons interred during a visitation of the plague.'
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
However (S2) says bones found in 1800 when a mound of earth removed; they were not skeletons but a confused heap of bones. Nearby were the remains of a building supposed to be a religious house, comprising a ruined stone wall 0.9 to 1.2m (3-4ft) high and enclosing an area 6m (20ft) square. This was a furlong southwest of Keswick road as well as a furlong east of the hall.
Accordingly marked as barrow on map in (S3). Or is it? See discussion under NHER 9359.
E. Rose (NAU).
(S4) mentions a free chapel of St Ethelred, commonly known as St Albert, somewhere in the parish - is this the 'religious house' mentioned?
It was rebuilt in 1531 and was thatched (S5).
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (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. |
| <S1> | Publication: 1845. Guide to the Norfolk Railway. p.28. |
| <S2> | Serial: Woodward. Woodward Correspondance.. pp 90-2. |
| <S3> | Serial: Woodward. Correspondence. Vol II, p 90. |
| <S4> | Serial: 1819. Excursions through Norfolk. |
| <S5> | Serial: Blomefield, F. 1806. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol V. p 39. |
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