NHER 36804 (Monument record) - Medieval hearth and floors at Market Street/Memorial Green

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please to consult the full record.

See also further .

Summary

A desk based assessment outlined the potential for archaeological remains at a site threatened by a development at Market Street, East Harling. Consequent archaeological evaluation recorded a medieval hearth, a succession of medieval clay floors and an earlier medieval ditch and pits.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

February 2002. Desk-based Assessment and Trial Trench.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 1 to 25 used.
Trenching revealed a ditch and pits, and the floors of a medieval building. Note that most layers were only examined in section.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.305).
D. Gurney (NLA), 26 March 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2015 and 15 April 2019.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2002. Report on a Desk Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation at Market Street, East Harling, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 686 (revised).
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Market Street, East Harling, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 686.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 372.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Apr 15 2019 10:50PM

Comments and Feedback

Your feedback is welcome; if you can provide any new information about this record, please contact the Norfolk Historic Environment Record.