NHER 31856 (Monument record) - Undated post hole, Iron Age pits and quarries at Dunston Hall Golf Course

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Summary

Trenching in 1996 in advance of construction of a golf course revealed an undated post hole, as well as pits and quarries containing Iron Age sherds and flints. Further excavation recorded another Iron Age pit with pottery sherds.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June-July 1996. Trial Trenching.
Diane's Wood.
Excavations revealed post hole, pits and quarries containing Iron Age sherds and flints.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 August 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

September-December 1996. Excavation.
Area C:
Further excavation produced Iron Age pit with pottery and flints etc.
See report (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 August 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF57001 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 1996. Evaluation at Dunston Hall Hotel Golf Course. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 183.
<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. pp 559-560.
<S3> SNF67684 Unpublished Contractor Report: Shelley, A. 1999. Excavations at Dunston Hall, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 315.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (9)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
PLANT REMAINS (Undated)