NHER 49886 (Monument record) - Medieval cemetery at Church Street and Church Hill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | REEPHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
February-March 2007. Excavation.
From Context 1.
Excavations on Church Street have located a former cemetery which once extended beyond the walls of the current churchyard at St Mary's Church (NHER 7469). Approximately 63 burials primarily dated to the medieval period have been recorded. Preliminary analysis has identified indications of spinal disease, possible TB and osteoarthritis in the adult skeletons. The excavations have also confirmed that Church Street was a new road, built over part of the graveyard sometime between the 1500s and the 1700s.
Report awaited. See newspaper articles (S1) for further details. See also (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.77).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 12 June 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2019.
May 2010. Geophysical Survey.
Ground penetrating radar survey.
The survey revealed a range of subsurface features mostly interpreted as masonry footings adjacent to the church, a shallow or void area of reworked ground and a number of modern service trenches.
See report (S3) for further details.
Previously recorded under NHER 7470.
S. Howard (NLA), 19 August 2010.
September-October 2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with installation of new ground source heating system to south of St Michael's Church.
Twenty-seven inhumations were encountered. The 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 6" map (1886) shows pathways in these locations and therefore it is likely that these burials pre-date the late 19th century.
See report (S4) for further details.
Previously recorded (in error) under NHER 55794.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2012.192).
S. Howard (HES), 25 July 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 September 2015 and 16 May 2019.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF66897 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2007-2008. [Articles on the excavation at Church Street, Reepham].
- <S2> SNF71282 Photograph: NAU Archaeology. 2007. MVK-MVN.
- <S3> SNF76752 Unpublished Contractor Report: Archer, T. 2010. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at St Michael's Church in Whitwell, Norfolk. Arrow Geophysics. 141-10.
- <S4> SNF81027 Unpublished Contractor Report: Thompson, P. and Dyson, A. 2010. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Whitwell, Reepham, Norfolk. Monitoring of Works Under Archaeological Supervision and Control. Archaeological Solutions. 3669.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
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Record last edited
May 16 2019 9:31PM