NHER 33975 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and medieval and post medieval objects, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project

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Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1997 recovered five prehistoric flints, fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery and post medieval ceramic building materials. This work was carried out in advance of the Bacton to Great Yarmouth gas pipeline.

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Map sheet	TG32NE
Civil Parish	BRUMSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	EAST RUSTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 11.2).
Two struck flint fragments, two flint flakes and a core fragment were recovered along with four medieval pottery sherds, three post medieval pottery sherds, and two fragments of post medieval ceramic building material.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
E. Rose (NLA) November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF64324 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 11.2.
<S2> SNF58971 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1999. Chance to look at past. 31 May.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (7)

CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2019 10:11PM