MEM24827 - St Petrock's Churchyard, Timberscombe (Monument)

[SS 9559 4205] St. Petrock's Church [NAT] [1] St. Petrock's Church, formerly St. Michael's is in normal use. There must have been an earlier church on the site of the present one, which is predominantly 15th century. [2-5] Graveyard in use since at least medieval times. [6] The churchyard is visible on 2018 MasterMap data. [7] A watching brief was undertaken in 2019 during the installation of new drainage and facilities in St Petrock's Churchyard. The excavations revealed a number of burials, dating to the medieval and early post-medival periods (supine and apparently without coffins), and several later post-medieval burials with coffins, one of which included a fragmentary creamware plate on its lid. The foundation for the existing boundary wall was also examined and was suggested to be of 18th Century date. [8]