NHER 10240 (Find Spot record) - Potentially prehistoric human skull

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Summary

In 1954 a male human skull was recovered from the banks of the River Yare. This skull is of an uncertain age, although at the time of its discovery it was suggested that its morphology pointed to a possible Mesolithic date.

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Map sheet	TG30NW
Civil Parish	STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1954. Stray Find.
From bank of River Yare:
Human skull. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1954.65). See photographs (CM 630-634) in file.
Identified by C. P. B. Wells as from a male 30-35 year old male. Dated as potentially Mesolithic - this was however on morphological grounds only and must therefore be treated with caution.
Information from NCM record card. See also newpaper article (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2014.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF99173 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Strumpshaw.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NE 9.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF259 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1954. Very Old Skull. 13 April.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (1)

HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)

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Strumpshaw (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 27 2018 2:58PM