NHER 35652 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pits and post holes at Shrublands Quarry, Aldeby

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Summary

A series of pits and post holes have been excavated at this site by the Norfolk Archaeological Unit. A few have contained material of prehistoric date and one contained a sherd of medieval pottery.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM49SE
Civil Parish BURGH ST PETER, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 2000. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping at Shrublands Quarry (Phase 4).
Recorded one posthole and five pits, one with a prehistoric flint and another with burnt animal bone.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.178).
D. Gurney (NLA), 8 March 2001.

October 2003. Watching Brief
Monitoring of next phase of topsoil stripping at Shrublands Quarry. Contexts 20-41.
Five pits, a ditch and a solution hole were excavated. One of the pits produced a medieval pottery sherd and another contained a piece of burnt flint. The fills of a solution hollow produced a piece of post medieval tile.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
J. Allen (NLA), 2 October 2006.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Ames, J. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Shrublands Quarry, Aldeby, Burgh St Peter. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 579.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Holderness, H. 2004. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Shrublands Quarry, Aldeby, Burgh St Peter, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 883.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 575.
  • BURNT FLINT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Record last edited

Apr 27 2019 8:31AM

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