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St Mary the Virgin Church, Worstead, Norfolk. Archaeological Monitoring |
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NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was conducted by NPS Archaeology for Whitworth Co-Partnership LLP during groundworks associated with the installation of new drains and a soak-away at St Mary's parish church, Worstead, Norfolk (TG 30186 26055). The watching brief recorded a thick layer of subsoil caused by repeated digging of densely packed and intercutting graves in the graveyard of the medieval church. Disarticulated fragments of human bone were found and one skeleton was recorded in situ. Other finds from the graveyard subsoil included loosely stratified medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds. The ceramics, along with finds of Flemish tile fragments, indicate activity in this area since the 14th century. The excavations also revealed that a fragment of an early 14th-century effigy in bas relief on a piece of Purbeck limestone had been incorporated in the capping of a 19th- or early 20th-century soak-away. |
Author: |
S Hickling
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Publisher: |
NAU Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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St. Mary's Church |
County: |
Norfolk |
District: |
North Norfolk |
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WORSTEAD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 630186, 326055 (Easting, Northing)
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norfolka1-201972 |
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2015/1361 |
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Created Date: |
21 May 2019 |