Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8279 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Human skull, River Ant, Wayford Bridge |
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Summary
A human skull was found during river dredging in 1966. It was said to be of Saxon date.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3481 2484 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32SW |
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| Parish: | SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1966. Wayford Bridge.
Skull of typical Anglo-Saxon man about forty to forty-five years of age found while dredging River Ant.
Information from NCM card.
See photographs (S1) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
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 - Early Saxon. Smallburgh. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
Related records - none
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