Record Details

NHER Number:8877
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of St Michael's Church, Barnham Broom

Summary

The site of St Michael's church, located within the churchyard of SS Peter and Paul's church. No ruins are visible, although a flint wall found beneath a yew bush in 1984 could be part of the church.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0823 0781
Map Sheet:TG00NE
Parish:BARNHAM BROOM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

November 1980.
Site of St Michael's church in churchyard of SS Peter and Paul's (NHER 8885).
Large yew bush apparently marks site. 19th century graves must have cut into body of church.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 November 1980.

1984.
Fragment of flint walling found under yews. Possibly part of old north churchyard wall but far more probably remains of church.
Information from N. Batcock (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 17 January 1985.

Appropriate section from reference (S1) in file.

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

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. Barnham Broom.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 110; p 53.

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