NHER 26903 (Monument record) - Earthwork features of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
January 2001, NMP.
A large open-ended hollow is visible at TF 737 438 as an earthwork on 1945 APs (S1). It is just over 100m long and is in close proximity to a series of small pits (NHER 33706). There is a possibility that these features may be connected. Three small sections of bank are also visible as earthworks on the 1945 and 1972 (S2) APs. These could be spoil heaps from the small pits or the large hollow. They are located at TF 7384 4393 - TF 7384 4398, TF 7371 4397 - TF 7382 4398 and TF 7394 4399 - TF 7396 4393. Dating these features is difficult from the APs, but they are most likely to be post medieval or modern.
A. Hunt (NMP), 25 January 2001.
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 1032:
Situated on the southern edge of the saltmarsh.
Several banks, earthworks and areas of disturbed ground were observed.
It is possible that they may have been associated with saltworking, but this is a speculative possibility.
See assessment report (S3) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF51270 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frames 4189 & 4275 8-JUN-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF51268 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72005 066 12-MAR-1972.
- <S3> SNF55835 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.
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Record last edited
Jul 21 2019 8:51AM