NHER 25703 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age pits and post medieval ditches

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Summary

Fieldwalking in advance of the Norwich southern bypass recovered four flint flakes from this field. A watching brief recorded several pits, one containing fragments of Bronze Age pottery. Post medieval ditches were also recorded and a prehistoric flint scraper was found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SW
Civil Parish EASTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1987. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. 'Field 12'.
Four flint flakes.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions, etc., see (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 February 1990.

1991 to 1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Sites 13 to 15B.
Pits, one containing Bronze Age sherds. Post medieval ditches. Flint scraper.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.

E. Rose (NLA), July 1992.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
  • <S2> 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.
  • CHARCOAL (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Dec 15 2025 1:51PM

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