NHER 35185 (Find Spot record) - Modern pits and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Three separate watching briefs carried out on White Hart Street during the development of new houses recorded three modern pits. Fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery, two 17th century buttons, a Charles I coin and a 16th century spur buckle were found.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TL98NE
Civil Parish	HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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May 2000. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of various groundworks.
No features found, with only a deep topsoil exposed.
15th- to 20th-century pottery recovered.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 October 2000.

Late 2001. Observation of footings for house to west of previously observed plot.
No significant archaeological deposits, feature, structures or finds.
See (S3) for further details.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 June 2002.

July and September 2002. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new property.
Three modern pits observed.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
Charles I coin.
Two 17th century buttons.
Late 16th century spur buckle.
See report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.141).
M. Dennis (NLA), 13 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF61180 Unpublished Contractor Report: Green, F. M. L. 2000. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at White Hart Street, East Harling, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 507.
<S2> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 713.
<S3> SNF61181 Unpublished Document: Bailey, D.. 2001. Letter. 2nd Building Plot, Harling. 8 December.
<S4> SNF51625 Unpublished Contractor Report: Warsop, P. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at White Hart Street, East Harling, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 756.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2019 6:45PM