NHER 31858 (Monument record) - Bronze Age and Iron Age features, Iron Age buildings
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June-July 1996. Trial Trenching.
Susan's Wood.
Ditches with Bronze Age sherds and postholes, perhaps a building with Iron Age sherds excavated. Human bone found, suggesting presence of more.
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 E:
Further work revealed remains of Iron Age timber buildings.
See published article (S3) and report (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.168).
E. Rose (NLA), 19 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and 16 October 2023.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF50192 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2202AV.
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <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 SNF57001 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 1996.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> SNF86463 Article in Serial: Shelley, A. 1999. An Iron Age Building at Dunstan, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 341-345.
- <S4> SNF67684 Unpublished Contractor Report: Shelley, A. 1999. Excavations at Dunston Hall, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 315.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)
- DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BUILDING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- INHUMATION (Unknown date)
Object Types (12)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- PLANT REMAINS (Undated)
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Record last edited
Oct 16 2023 2:09PM