NHER 31317 (Monument record) - Prehistoric features, Shrublands Quarry

April 1995. Desk-based Assessment.
Consideration of archaeological implications of proposed extension to Shrublands Quarry.
This site was formerly on Burgh Common, which was enclosed in 1811.
See report (S1) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 June 2005.

May-June 1995. Watching Brief.
Fieldwalking and metal-detecting on site of quarry extension followed by monitoring of topsoil stripping.
Worked flint, medieval pot, bronze strip, a lead weight, a folded lead strip and fragment of decorated bronze were found.
Short lengths of shallow ditch and 6 pits were excavated. Prehistoric pottery, including some Beaker, worked and burnt flint and charcoal were recovered from the pit fills. At least some of the flints recovered are likely to have been the result of Bronze Age flintworking.
See fieldwork notes (S2) and report (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.270).
S. Bates (NAU) 12 July 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

September 1997. Watching Brief.
Undertaken during topsoil stripping in area immediately to west of earlier work.
Revealed a single undated pit.
See report (S5) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 27 August 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

October 2001. Watching Brief.
Undertaken during topsoil stripping in northern field, adjacent to Grays Road.
A single isolated pit contained 119 Beaker pottery sherds from a single vessel.
A number of shallow pits and three linear features were also revealed, all undatable.
See report (S6) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S7).
Previously recorded as NHER 36668.
J. Allen (NLA), 22 October 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 May 2015.