NHER 30568 (Monument record) - Iron Age pits and pottery sherds

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Summary

Archaeological fieldwork conducted in advance of the digging of a borrow pit recovered a Neolithic/Bronze Age worked flint and a sherd of post medieval pottery. A subsequent excavation in 1994 recorded eleven archaeological features and sherds of Iron Age pottery. Some of these features were identified as Iron Age pits.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF60SE
Civil Parish	WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 1994. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Fieldwork in advance of borrow pit. Site on slight sand hill about 1m high, 40cm of soil over sand.
Metal detecting produced no finds.
Worked flint Neolithic/Bronze Age.
One post medieval sherd, one unidentified sherd.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.192).
E. Rose (NLA) 21 April 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

28 April 1994. NLA aerial photography.
Photographs showing site of NAU excavation of Iron Age features encountered during re-alignment of B1160 (NHER 30442).
S. Massey (NLA) 6 February 2001.

July 1994. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping on site of borrow pit.
Eleven features possibly archaeological, Iron Age sherds found.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
A. Shelley (NAU) 22 July 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF48532 Aerial Photograph: TF 67 00 D-U.
--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF56730 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1994. Proposed Borrow Pit, Wereham. Field Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 91.
<S2> SNF56731 Unpublished Contractor Report: Shelley, A. 1994. Proposed Borrow Pit, Wereham, Norfolk. Watching Brief Report. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 99.
<S3> SNF86419 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 238.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (9)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Undated)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Chronological: NHER 30442 - Related to: Undated features and multi-period finds, B1160 Re-alignment (Monument)

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Wereham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 5 2022 12:37PM