NHER 16309 (Monument record) - Prehistoric field system and pits
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EASTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1979 to 1980. Found on surface of ploughed field. Context 2 at 1406 1104.
Two struck flint flakes.
Identified by F. Healy (NAU) 15 July 1980.
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 July 1980.
November 1987. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. Field 14. Context 1.
Worked flints.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions, etc see (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 30 July 1990.
1991 to 1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Sites 16 to 18.
Pits and burnt areas.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992.
9 September 1998. Central area of site between the old and new A47s deturfed for new football pitch.
No subsoil exposed, no finds seen in rapid walkover. New topsoil being imported is from the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital site (NHER 31871).
D. Gurney (NLA), 11 September 1998.
9 February 1999. Trial Trench.
Evaluation in advance of new Village Hall.
Prehistoric field system found with ditches containing burnt material.
See report (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
E. Rose (NLA), 2 March 1999.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57633 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
- <S2> SNF50478 Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.
- <S3> SNF58982 Unpublished Contractor Report: Timms, S. 1998. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Village Hall, Easton. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 386.
- <S4> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 526.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 2 2025 10:49AM