NHER 13935 (Place record) - Dead Man's Grove

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Summary

The name 'Dead Man's Grove' recorded on a field map of 1817 suggested there may be burials here but a watching brief during the construction of a cable trench recorded no features or finds from this site.

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Map sheet	TG21SW
Civil Parish	HELLESDON, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Area marked as Dead Man's Grove on (S1). Perhaps ancient burials found here.

April 1999. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of trench excavated for the laying of electricity cables.
Several ditches encountered at site NHER 34432. These were undated and possibly post-medieval. No archaeological objects recovered.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
C.F. Mecksepper (NAU), 22 May 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 April 2015.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF62170 Map: 1817. Horsford Map of Field Names.
<S2> SNF48385 Unpublished Contractor Report: Phillips, C. 2000. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Horsford to Norwich Airport Underground Cable, Horsford, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 470.
<S3> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 528.

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Record last edited

Feb 23 2022 9:57AM