NHER 36118 (Monument record) - Medieval retting or tanning pit and other features
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2001. Trial Trench.
Evaluation on route of B1149 Corpusty/Saxthorpe Link Road (Trenches 6-7).
Trench 6 (adjacent to Monks Lane) revealed post medieval ditches and pits, dating between the 16th and 18th centuries.
See report (S1) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 June 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 May 2015.
August-September 2001. Excavation and Watching Brief. From context 50.
Excavation of small area around evaluation Trench 6. Linear features and pits probably associated with medieval tanning, or retting of flax or hemp for linen production.
Several additional pits of probable similar date and function identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping between river and excavated area.
See published article (S2) and publication draft (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also noted in (S4).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.439).
D. Gurney (NLA), 26 March 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 May 2015 and 27 May 2019.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF53774 Photograph: JZP.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF49277 Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at the B1149 Corpusty/Saxthorpe Link Road. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 609.
- <S2> SNF87989 Article in Serial: Bates, S. 2003. Fieldwork on the Line of the Corpusty/Saxthorpe Link Road, 2001. A Possible Tanning or Retting Complex. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 251-268.
- <S3> SNF50921 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 2002. Excavation and Watching Brief on the line of the Corpusty to Saxthorpe link road, 2001. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 673.
- <S4> SNF82150 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2002. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 162-177. p 165.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PATH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RETTING POND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TANNING PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (11)
- AWL (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 27 2019 6:38PM