NHER 5112 (Monument record) - Site of Early Saxon inhumation cemetery

1951 (December). Opposite school.
Two inhumation burials found on new housing estate for Swaffham Rural District Council.
Fragment of iron knife with one of them near middle. Both males suffering arthritis. S1 Head to south depth 2 1/2'.
Very small male about 45, S2 male. S1 has a bronze stain on femur.
Skeletal remains and knife from Norfolk County Constabulary.
See (S1). The bones reported as human in (S2) were in fact sheep. Information from H.T. Green.
Further bones found 1952.
Information from D.R. Howlett.

6 July 1954.
Human bones Early Saxon site.
Iron spearheads and knife.
Bones submitted to Wells.
At least 2 burials, probably inhumation cemetery.
See (S3).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

October 1956.
Early Saxon inhumation cemetery.
Fragmentary human bones and iron spear ferrule.
See (S4).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Copies of (S1) to (S4) in file.

Article missing from file [J. Yates, 10/03/2011].