NHER 38195 (Monument record) - Bronze Age trackway or platform on Holme Beach (platform I)

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Summary

During a 2003 walkover survey a cluster of nine timbers was observed amongst a peat bed. They were arranged in a rectilinear fashion, suggesting that they had been deliberately laid within the peat, possibly as a trackway or platform. Two of the timbers have been shown by radiocarbon dating to be Bronze Age.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF64SE
Civil Parish	HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Holme platform I.

February to March 2003. NAU survey.
On surface of peat a cluster of nine logs and/or straight branches. Five roughly parallel pieces were aligned northwest to southeast whilst just to the northwest were four pieces aligned northeast to southwest. This rectilinear arrangement suggested that they had been deliberately laid within the peat. Possibly the remains of a trackway or platform.
See (S1)-(S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 23 April 2003.

September 2003. Site visit.
Global Positioning Satellite used to locate site. Poor visibility caused by covering of sand meant not possible to monitor monument.
D. Robertson (NAU), 20 October 2003.

February 2004.
Global Positioning Satellite used to locate site. Timbers seen for first time since March 2003.
All timbers seen in March present, with one new timber seen.
Three samples were collected for species identification; two of these were submitted for radiocarbon C14 dating.
D. Robertson (NAU), 3 March 2004.

The calibrated radiocarbon dates were 2020-1690 cal BC and 2140-1770 cal BC.
See (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA), 25 May 2006.

For further information on the Holme Beach walkover and monitoring surveys see final report (S4). The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.321).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2019.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF63879 Unpublished Document: Robertson, D. 2005. Holme Beach Monitoring Update Report.
<S1> SNF63524 Unpublished Document: NAU. 2003. NAU Report. An Archaeological Walkover Survey at Holme Beach, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk: Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
<S2> SNF63525 Unpublished Document: Norfolk Archaeology & Environment Division. 2003. Holme-Next-The-Sea Archaeological Project Design.
<S3> SNF55839 Unpublished Document: Hamilton, W.D., Robertson, D. & Cook, G.. Holme next the Sea 'Seahenge' Environs 1999 and Walkover Survey 2003: Radiocarbon Dating IN Radiocarbon Datelist.
<S4> SNF72711 Unpublished Contractor Report: Ames, J. and Robertson, D. 2009. The Archaeology of Holme Beach: An Archaeological Monitoring Survey of the Intertidal Zone, 2003-08. NAU Archaeology. 1444.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (0)

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2022 6:10PM