AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT CAISTOR ST EDMUND CHURCHYARD, NORFOLK John W Percival November 2009 An Archaeological Evaluation at Caistor St Edmund Churyard, Norfolk NLA Reference CNF42347 John W. Percival
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[email protected] Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the Rev. Rosie Bunn, churchwardens Graham Ford and Marlene Symonds and all the other friends and parishioner of St Edmund’s church for their patience and cooperation. The evaluation would not have been possible without the volunteers, staff and students of the Caistor Roman Town Project. Trench 2 was supervised by Jon Cousins and special thanks are due to David and Hazel Leese. Hazel Leese compiled bulk and small finds data, while pottery spot dating was by Alice Lyons. Many knowledgeable figures including David Gurney, Ken Hamilton, James Albone, Alice Cattermole, Brian Ayers, Richard Hodges, Andrew Rogerson, Peter Wade-Martins and Stephen Heywood visited the site and provided useful comments. Figures 2 and 3 are based on plans supplied by Tim Bunn of Tim Bunn Design and are partly based on a site survey by Plandescil Consulting Engineers. Illustrations are by the author, photographs are by the author and Will Bowden. Special thanks are also due to Sally Wilkinson for sharing her ongoing research into at UEA into the care and spatial use of churches in Norfolk 1550 – 1900 and to Jonathan Plunkett for the use of his late father’s photographs.