NHER 2542 (Monument record) - Bronze Age inhumations at Methwold Severalls

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Summary

Human remains were disturbed here by ploughing on at least three occasions. A Bronze Age awl and two prehistoric flint scrapers were also found. These were interpreted as Bronze Age burials. They had been disturbed shortly after burial and then again much later by the plough.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL69NE
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1968.
Human remains. Several bodies partially articulated surviving in peat partly disturbed by ploughing but also some disturbance soon after death. Only other find, one bronze double ended Bronze Age awl of quadrangular section.
Peat samples taken by Dr Hibbert of Cambridge Univerity School of Botany. See (S1).
See (S2), (S3) and (S4).
Seen by T.H. Mck. Clough (NCM) and B. Green (NCM).

1971. 9m (10 yards) south and 45m (50 yards) east of 1968 lot. In peat 60cm (2 feet) deep all disturbed by plough.
Three burials. Two prehistoric white scrapers just under bones.
See (S5).
T. Clough (NCM).

(S6) adds a human femur found in 1967 on same site.

Associated Sources (13)

--- SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. pp 36-37.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 69 NE 13.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF63988 Unpublished Document: Curtis, F.. 1967. Burial at Hemplash Farm, Methwold Hythe.
--- SNF63989 Unpublished Document: Wells, C.. 1969. A note on human skeletal remains of Bronze Age date from Methwold, Norfolk.
<S1> SNF63987 Unpublished Document: Hibbert, F.A.. 1969. Preliminary Report on the Analysis of Deposits from a Bronze Age Burial Site at Methwold. April.
<S2> SNF63990 Map: Curtis, F.. 1968. Methwold Severalls Methwold Fen May-June 1968 Excavation Plan.
<S3> SNF63986 Photograph: Curtis, F.. 1968. Severalls Methwold Fen Bronze Age Burial Group May to June 1968.
<S4> SNF63985 Unpublished Document: Curtis, F.. 1968. 'Methwold Severalls' Methwold Fen. May 1968.. May.
<S5> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
<S6> SNF6366 Article in Serial: Healy, F. & Housley, R. A.. 1992. Nancy was not alone: human skeletons of the Early Bronze Age from the Norfolk peat fen.. Antiquity. Vol 66, No 253, pp 948-55.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (4)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (1)

All Groups: NHER 20346 - Related to: Early Neolithic and early bronze age pottery and flint (Find Spot)

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 2:09PM