NHER 12737 (Monument record) - Roman ditches and pits
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEST CAISTER, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
17 August 1977. Watching Brief.
Construction of a slip road for the Caister Bypass revealed a site dated to 1st century AD by Early Roman pottery.
Limited excavation by A. Lawson (NAU) and A. Rogerson (NAU) revealed two ditches at right angles and a number of pits both inside and outside angle formed by their intersection. These features may be the corner of an enclosure continuing to the north under the field, but there is no trace of an enclosure on air photographs. These features likely predate the main occupation of the defended settlement at Caister (NHER 8675).
Site destroyed 22 August 1977.
See (S1-2) for further details.
A. Lawson (NAU).
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF60981 Unpublished Document: Lawson, A.. 1978. Archaeological Work on the Caister-on-Sea Bypass. 13 March.
- <S2> SNF6273 Monograph: Darling, M. J. and Gurney, D. 1993. Caister-on-Sea Excavations by Charles Green, 1951-55. East Anglian Archaeology. No 60. p 42; Appendix 6.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 7 2006 2:34PM