NHER 34112 (Monument record) - Possible undated pits and prehistoric worked flints

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Summary

A magnetometer survey in 1998 prior to the laying of a gas pipeline recorded a number of small anomalies which may represent small pits. They were situated along 90m of the pipeline route in this area, on the approximate location of a former field boundary, and no date for them was suggested. No archaeologically significant features were identified during the laying of the pipe, although a small number of prehistoric worked flints were recovered (including a Mesolithic tranchet axe).

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Map sheet	TF92SW
Civil Parish	STANFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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May 1998. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometry survey on route of proposed pipeline (Site 7).
Anomalies were identified which could represent small pits, but which were too weak to be interpreted with any confidence. It was thought possible that the susceptibility effect of this field could be natural because the pipeline route here crosses a gravel deposit, and the field adjoins a gravel quarry to the east.
See report (S1) for further details
A. Cattermole (NLA), 11 December 2007.

April-July 1999. Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of Brisley to Bushy Common Pipeline (Plot 11).
No archaeologically significant features were identified in this field. A small number of unstratified finds were recovered, the majority of which were prehistoric worked flints. These flints included a Mesolithic tranchet axe, a Late Mesolithic or Neolithic flake and a Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper and three flakes.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 August 2013.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF56678 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 1998. Brisley-Bushy Common, Norfolk. Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeogeophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 204.
<S2> SNF83360 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2000. Brisley to Bushy Common Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief, 1999. Network Archaeology. 138.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (4)

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAKE (Late Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 7000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2017 11:46AM