NHER 13170 (Monument record) - Undated inhumation
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Approximate site where in road widening on hill west of East Runton village in 1906 a human skeleton was found 4ft deep, 5ft 10in to 6ft in height, male, teeth in good condition. Local legend claimed it was a smuggler killed and buried there. Bones reinterred in churchyard.
This may be the same site as the 'findspot of human bones' where the ghostly light that appears at the mill disappears into the ground.
Information from NCM Bolingbroke Collection and (S1).
See detailed discussion in file.
Another version of the story, told to [1] by a very old man some years ago, was that this was a pedlar of watches who showed his money too freely in the local inn.
E. Rose (NAU) 10 March 1982.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF97571 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1906. [Article on the find of an inhumation]. 25 April.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4928 Serial: Bryant, T. H.. 1898-1915. The Churches of Norfolk. Vols 1-19. Vols 1-19..
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
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Record last edited
May 30 2017 11:50AM