NHER 30035 (Monument record) - Bronze Age/post medieval shaft, at Fairways School
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November/December 1977.
Northeast corner of Fairway Primary School collapsed.
Exploratory trench revealed 5m diameter roughly circular disturbance about 1m deep below ground level. Pale brown clayey sand, cut into yellow natural sand. Borehole No.1 by May Gurney Ltd, in fill of this feature shows slightly compacted with carbonaceous material (sample seen A. K. Gregory (NAU)) apparently both charcoal and iron deposits. Fill extends to 17.5m deep.
Surrounding area five times as compacted. Borehole logs (S1) in file.
Dating and identification difficult; post medieval chalk mine or Beaker shaft?
Information from NCM.
For discussion of shafts in this area see (S2).
A.Gregory (NAU) December 1977.
4 October 1993.
Site formerly numbered NHER 4537, Context 1. Relocated from modern map by E.Rose (NLA).
Originally recorded in the parish of Eaton, now part of Norwich.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF86325 Article in Serial: Atkin, M. 1983. The Chalk Tunnels of Norwich. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII Pt III pp 313-320.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF68822 Unpublished Document: May Gurney. 21 Nov 1977. Borehole log from Fairway School.
- <S2> SNF6365 Article in Monograph: Healy, F. 1986. The Excavation of Two Early Bronze Age Round Barrows on Eaton Heath, Norwich, 1969-1970. Barrow Excavations in Norfolk, 1950-82. East Anglian Archaeology. Lawson, A. J. et al.. No 29 pp 50-58. pp 57-58.
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2017 11:10AM