Fractures

Scope and Content

20 black and photographs of specimens with various fractures from various sites.

1. Site: Red Castle, Thetford Description: Distal humerus with healed fracture Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

2. Site: St Pauls, Norwich Description: Lateral and superior views of calcaneus with healed fracture Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

3. Site: Caister-on-Sea (Inhumation 113) Description: Synostosis of the calcaneus and distal tibia Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

4. Site: Burgh Castle (Inhumation 38) Description: Right humerus and tibia with healed fractures Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

5. Site: a) Thetford. b) St Catherine's Thorpe (Inhumation P300) Description: a) Left tibia with healed fracture b) Right ulna with healed 'Parry fracture' Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

6. Site: St Catherine's Thorpe (Inhumation P300) Description: Right humerus and tibia with healed fractures Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

7. Site: Burgh Castle (Inhumation 443) Description: Probable healed fracture of the proximal diaphysis of the right femur and synostosis of the right distal tibia and fibula. Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

8. Site: a) Burgh Castle (Inhumation 38). b) Red Castle, Thetford Description: Ulna and fibula with healed fracture of the proximal diaphysis Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

9. Site: Monkwearmouth (Inhumation Mk 66 UK 31) Description: Healed, mis-aligned fracture of the left femur and probable osteoarthritis of the femoral head Overall classification: Trauma (accidental) / Degenerative joint disease

10. Site: Redcastle, Thetford Description: Healed 'Parry' and possible healed 'Colles' fracture Overall classification: Trauma (accidental). Photographs by Hallam Ashely.

11. Site: Verulamium (Inhumation 5) Description: Healed, mis-aligned fracture to the right radius Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

12. Description: Healed 'Parry' fracture of the left ulna Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

13. Site: Burgh Castle (Inhumation 76) Description: Healed fracture to the radius Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

14. Site: Cirencester (Inhumation 61) Description: Mis-aligned, healed fracture to the distal diaphysis of the right tibia and synostosis of the posterior tibia and fibula Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

15. Site: Burgh Castle (Inhumation 80) Description: Vertebrae Overall classification: Skeletal (human)

16. Site: Burgh Castle (Inhumation 47) Description: Two vertebrae. One with a probable compression fracture Overall classification: Trauma (accidental) / infection

17. Site: Burgh Castle (Bag 443) Description: Right femur with healed fracture to the proximal diaphysis Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

18. Site: Beckford 'A' (Inhumation 20) Description: Right clavicle with healed fracture Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

19. Site: Probably, Red Castle, Thetford Description: Ribs with healed fractures Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)

20. Site: a) Shouldham (Inhumation 21) and b) Caister-on-Sea on Sea (Inhumation 124) Description: Healed fracture of the 5th metatarsal Overall classification: Trauma (accidental)