NHER 15910 (Monument record) - Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age features at Bittering Quarry

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Summary

Excavations in advance of gravel quarrying. Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pits and a buried soil were discovered, along with pottery and worked flints. Iron Age features included a post hole alignment that was at least 110m long, a four post structure, other post holes and pits. Iron Age pottery was collected from many of the Iron Age features.

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Map sheet	TF91NW
Civil Parish	BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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April-May 1980.
Excavations in advance of gravel extraction.
Site is north of junction of east to west aligned Roman road (NHER 2796) with Launditch (NHER 7235).
North to south alignment of post holes, some with Iron Age sherds At least 110m long.
Alignment shown by excavation to extend full length of field south of site of Bell Hall, roughly parallel with ditch of Launditch, lying 25m to 31m east of edge of present ditch.
Scatter of sherds, some associated with shallow features, Iron Age and Late Bronze Age?
Beaker pits, buried soil, flint and pottery
Two Roman sherds, no identifiable Early Saxon material.
Newspaper cutting (S1) in file and see (S4) for short summary.
A.Rogerson (NAU), 25 July 1980.

Full publication in (S2) and (S3).

An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.169).
P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2023.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF11298 Aerial Photograph: TF 9217A-C.
--- SNF88205 Article in Serial: Garrow, D. 2007. Placing Pits: Landscape Occupation and Depositional Practice During the Neolithic in East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 73 pp 1-24.
--- SNF8964 Photograph: BPY 1-12, BMZ, BPJ.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
--- SNF76788 Thesis: Garrow, D.. 2006. Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia. during the Neolithic and Early Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia.
<S1> SNF3646 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Company helped uncover the past. 28 February.
<S2> SNF8753 Article in Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Healy, F. 1996. Neolithic and Bronze Age Activity and Settlement at Longham and Beeston with Bittering. Barrow Excavations in Norfolk, 1984-88. East Anglian Archaeology. Wymer, J. J. No 77 pp 28-53.
<S3> SNF47506 Article in Serial: Ashwin, T. 1999. The Launditch and its Setting: Excavations at the Launditch, Beeston with Bittering, and Iron Age features and finds from it vicinity. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 217-256.
<S4> SNF87323 Article in Serial: Youngs, S. M. and Clark, J. 1981. Medieval Britain in 1980. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XXV pp 166-228. pp 173-174.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (7)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2023 2:10PM