NHER 23040 (Monument record) - Undated ditches and prehistoric and medieval finds

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Summary

Prehistoric pot boilers and fragments of medieval pottery were found during Fenland Project fieldwalking in 1986. An evaluation of forty trenches took place in 2007, two of which revealed what were likely to be section of the same undated ditch. A retouched flint blade of probable Mesolithic date was the only find recovered during this work.

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Map sheet	TF61SW
Civil Parish	MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	NORTH RUNCTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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24 October 1986. Fenland fieldwalking on weathered soil with young cereal. Reference MDT AG.
Odd medieval sherds, fragments of flint, plus occasional pot boilers on sand ridge.
For full details of wares, flint types, etc. see (S1).
R. Silvester (NAU) 4 November 1986.

February 2007. Trial Trenching. Contexts 10-17.
Site extended slightly to the north.
Forty trenches excavated. A number of undated ditches were the only archaeologically significant features observed. These were on the same alignment and of similar size, suggesting they may in fact have been part of the same ditch.
A single retouched flint blade, probably Mesolithic, was the only notable find from the site.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.72).
J. Allen (NLA), 3 April 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2019.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF15737 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MDT AG. FENS.
--- SNF69560 Photograph: Ratcliff, M.. 2007. MGQ.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
<S2> SNF67085 Unpublished Contractor Report: Morgan, S. J. 2007. An Archaeological Evaluation of Land north of Setch Road, Middleton, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1253.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (3)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 18 2023 4:33PM