NHER 14436 (Monument record) - Skeletons and possible church or chapel site, Congham
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1971.
Rows of fragmentary skeletons found after ploughing. No associations. Site of a lost church?
(S1) quoting (S2).
(S3) marks this on other side of Wood Farm as 'December 1970. Skeleton [1]; anvil'. However the Anvil Pit is the correct name and the only pit marked is to the north of this, so it would seem (S2) is more correct than the (S3), though the date of finding probably was December 1970.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 January 1981.
(S4) shows this as site of Congham Chappell, marked separately from Parish Church - suggests an early Dissenting chapel. However [2] believes this is in fact St Mary's and not site NHER 3596, the church being degraded to a chapel of ease in 1684. Compare NHER 3596.
E. Rose (NAU), 31 July 1981.
[3] believes this was an early Congregational chapel - see NHER 19347 and NHER 3596.
Appropriate section from (S5) in file.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Congham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 SW 26.
- <S2> SNF2449 Serial: 1971. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1971. No 18. p 4.
- <S3> SNF52553 Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
- <S4> SNF57574 Map: 1588. Congham Map.
- <S5> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 162; p 53.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2021 12:03PM