NHER 31788 (Monument record) - Post medieval glasshouse and pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM18SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1996. Watching brief by Howard Brooks contractors.
Monitoring of groundworks.
Pottery from 18th century onwards.
Fragment of human skull subject to postmortem examination.
Foundations and drains of 19th century greenhouses.
Made ground deposits were observed to a depth of 1.5m below the modern ground surface, with engineering test boreholes suggesting that there was up to 4m of made ground on the site.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA) 13 November 1996.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF58588 Unpublished Contractor Report: Letch, A. and Brooks, H. 1996. Report on Archaeological Watching Brief, rear of No. 2, Mount Street, Diss, Norfolk. Howard Brooks Archaeological Services.
- <S2> SNF66779 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 550.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 8 2015 10:58AM