NHER 34026 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project

January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 31.1).
6 Prehistoric worked flints, a Middle Saxon pottery sherd, a post medieval pottery sherd, a Medieval lock, a medieval weight, a post medieval shot mould, and 11 fragments of post medieval ceramic building material were recovered.
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.

November 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Additional field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 30.7; Site 8)
This area was selected for further, more detailed fieldwalking but cropping regimes prevented access.
See report (S2) for further details.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 3 June 2008.

March-May 1999. Excavation.
Excavation on route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Site 8E).
Five ditches were excavated with three sharing the same alignment as previously observed cropmarks. Two of the ditches contained post-medieval brick/tile. A more substantial ditch conatined a sherd of Roman pottery and four pieces of struck flint including a scraper. This feature was later cut by two ditches probably of post-medieval date. A small irregular feature in the north-east corner of the site contained burnt clay and charcoal and the sand into which it was cut was also scorched. It may be a tree hole that was later re-used as a fire pit or represent a tree stump deliberately burnt out during field clearance.
See publication draft (S3) and assessment report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
S. Howard (NLA), 3 February 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.