NHER 16298 (Find Spot record) - Finds from the back garden of Old Nags Head

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Summary

Part of a human skeleton, a sheep or goat horn and Neolithic worked flints including a chipped flint axe were found in the back garden.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF80NE
Civil Parish HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980. Jaw bone found. 19 May.
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • 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)

Record last edited

Jun 19 2017 12:40PM

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