NHER 35777 (Monument record) - Undated ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
November 2000. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The eastermost of the two trenches excavated revealed a sequence of three intercutting probable ditches sealed beneath a considerable depth of colluvium. These features produced a single, potentially residual sherd of Iron Age pottery, an iron nail, a small assemblage of animal bone and a number of oyster and mussell shells. A sherd of early medieval pottery was also recovered from the surface of these features. It is argued that the orientation of these features (which is similar to that of extant boundaries in the vicinity and perpendicular toalignement of these features
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA) 7 February 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 April 2015.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF50994 Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at 'Larkrise', Herrings Lane, Burnham Market. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 568.
- <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 710.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- NAIL (Undated)
- OYSTER SHELL (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2021 7:00PM