NHER 20401 (Monument record) - Undated human remains and Roman pottery sherd, 13 Stokes Avenue
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WATTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
11 May 1984. 13 Stokes Avenue (formerly number 7). Revealed in trench directly below north wall of house.
Inhumation burial with head to east; recent contractors damage and probably damage from construction of former council house. Base of skull, vertebrae, parts of hip and parts of upper leg bones seen by A. Rogerson (NAU).
Skull 0.25m west of northeast corner of house - TF 90485 00540.
Base of grave cut 0.8m below present ground level. Topsoil thickness 0.30m, i.e. grave cut 0.50m below top of natural (chalky boulder clay). All visible bones, except some vertebrae, lifted.
In area of undisturbed brown loamy clay grave filling near hip, rim Roman greyware.
Identified by A. K. Gregory (NAU) as a fresh 4th century sherd (4 June 1984).
Held by NCM, formerly in possession of staff fieldwork (A. Rogerson).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) May 1984.
A. Rogerson (NAU) May 1984.
Skull briefly examined by G. Putnam.
Female,(?), over 50, arthritic.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 22 January 1984.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 6 2007 9:34AM