NHER 30311 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

During a watching brief in 1992, prehistoric worked flints and medieval brick and tile were found.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20SE
Civil Parish BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

May-August 1992. Fieldwalking and Metal-Detecting Survey and Watching Brief.
Fieldwork carried out along route of Yelverton to East Carleton Gas Pipeline (Survey Blocks 146-165).
Finds recovered during initial survey include:
?Roman glass.
2 medieval brick/tile fragments.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds.
No archaeologically significant features or deposits identified during subsequent Watching Brief undertaken during topsoil stripping and excavation of pipe trench.
See report (S1) and site archive for further information. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The finds have been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1995.75).
E. Rose (NLA) and S. Bates (NAU), February 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 March 2015.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, P. 1992. Watching Brief for the Yelverton to East Carleton Gas Pipeline, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 42.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1993. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1992. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt IV pp 522-532. p 532.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 1 2022 10:48AM

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