NHER 5301 (Find Spot record) - Undated human skull (Feltwell, poorly located)

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Summary

An undated male human skull was found before 1921. Possibly the same skull as one known to have been recovered in Feltwell Fen at some time prior to 1911.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1921. Stray Find.
Found at unknown location in Feltwell parish:
Male skull.
Noted in (S1).
Information from record cards (S2) and (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 March 2020.

It is noted on (S2) that this skull is possible one now in the 'Anatomy School, Cambridge'. It is therefore potentially a skull mentioned in (S4) which was apparently from "Feltwell Fen" and in the anatomical collections of Cambridge University. It is refered to as 'Mus. Anat. Cant. No 275'.
P. Watkins (HES), March 2020.

  • <S1> Article in Serial: Gladstone, R. J. 1921. Description of a Human Cranium Dredged from the Bed of the River Trent, and a comparison of this with Ancient and Modern British Skulls. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol LI pp 343-369. p 338.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Feltwell.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Duckworth, W. L. H. and Shore, L. R. 1911. Report on Human Crania from Peat Deposits in England. MAN. Vol XI pp 134-139.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)

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Record last edited

Mar 12 2020 11:27PM

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