NHER 16298 (Find Spot record) - Finds from the back garden of Old Nags Head
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
19 May 1980. Found in digging up herbs.
Two thirds of human mandible.
See (S1) in file and police report (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 20 June 1980.
1984. Found together in garden.
Part of upper jaw with teeth, human; part of arm bone, human. Horn core of ovicaprid.
Horn core identified by Diana Smith (NCM), 10 May 1984.
W. Milligan (NCM), 24 May 1984.
April 1986.
Location of building and garden corrected by J.J. Wymer (NAU) on ground. It is northwest of church across road not immediately west as formerly shown.
From garden also come:
Four Neolithic scrapers.
One Neolithic flaked flint axe probably reworked from larger one.
Also two natural flakes and fossil sea urchin.
See also comment on NHER 4607.
House now recorded as NHER 43195.
M. Dennis (NLA), 15 March 2006.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF1119 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980. Jaw bone found. 19 May.
- <S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- EOLITH (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Jun 19 2017 12:40PM