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Archaeological Monitoring at St Edmund's Church, Norwich Road, Acle, Norfolk |
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Norvic Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The results of archaeological monitoring during the installation of a new drain and soakaway associated with the replacement of a boiler house with a new above-ground installation. Multiple burials were encountered during the archaeologically controlled excavation of the soakaway trench. A minimum of three main phases of inhumation rows were partly uncovered, which range from likely medieval to post-medieval date. All of the burials were aligned in the traditional Christian manner. The medieval burials were generally in a poorer state of preservation than the post-medieval ones, the majority of which contained evidence for coffins in the form of iron nails and fittings. Remains from a minimum of thirteen individual burials were lifted for reburial, which included three children The northern end of the pathway which currently leads from the north porch to the east-west lane off The Street appears on the 1st Edition OS plan of 1886, although the presence of post-medieval burial rows along its route to the lane suggests that this is a relatively recent arrangement in the history of the churchyard. Finds were small in number and include a late medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy pin, a fragment of lava quern, a piece of medieval brick and a large rim sherd from a post-medieval pancheon or bowl. |
Author: |
G Emery
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Publisher: |
Norvic Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2020
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ST EDMUND’S CHURCH |
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Norfolk |
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Broadland |
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ACLE |
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England |
Grid Reference: 640120, 310290 (Easting, Northing)
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norvicar1-384031 |
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Norvic Archaeology Report No 136 |
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Spiral bound
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |