Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4735 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age human remains |
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Summary
A human lower jaw bone was found in Borough Fen by a mechanical dredger. It may date to the Bronze Age.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 745 992 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | FOULDEN, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
18 February 1956. Uncovered by mechanical dredger. 0.8km (1/2 mile) east of My Lord's Wood at Borough Fen in peat.
Human skull with lower jaw missing.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 3. |
| --- | 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 - Bronze Age. Foulden. |
Related records - none
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