Record Details
NHER Number: | 2757 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Early Saxon inhumation, Thetford Warren |
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Summary
In 1911 an Early Saxon inhumation was found on Thetford Warren. The skeleton was accompanied by an iron spearhead, a knife and possibly a buckle. The findspot now lies under the golf course which was built in 1912.
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Location
Grid Reference: | TL 84 84 |
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Map Sheet: | TL88SW |
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Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1911. Thetford Warren. Found in a trench 0.75m (2.5 feet) deep, east of Warren Lodge and south of the Thetford to Brandon Road, during a temporary military camp.
A skeleton buried with an iron spearhead, knife and a possible buckle.
The objects have disappeared and the exact location of the site is unknown, although it is probably covered by the golf course constructed in 1912-3.
See (S1) and (S2). Information from W.G. Clarke MSS 126 and H.D. Hewitt 1938.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- KNIFE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 SW 7. |
--- | 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 - Late Saxon. Thetford. |
<S1> | Newspaper Article: Norwich Mercury. 1911. [unknown]. 12 August. p 9. |
<S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 240. |
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