NHER 38197 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age platform or trackway on Holme Beach (platform II)

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Summary

A 2003 walkover survey discovered three narrow logs amongst a peat bed. They were aligned parallel to one another, suggesting they had been deliberately placed in the peat possibly as a part of a platform or trackway. Two of the timbers showed evidence of woodworking and have been dated to the Bronze Age.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

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

Full Description

February to March 2003. NAU survey.
Three narrow logs aligned northeast to south west, parallel to one another, suggesting they had been deliberately placed in the peat.
See (S1)-(S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 29 July 2003

September 2003. Site visit.
Monument located using Global Positioning Satellite. All timbers recorded in February/March were present – all had a thin covering of sand and seaweed. Four new timbers were observed, three on the same alignment as the original three.
A series of erosion gullies have been scoured since February/March. If these continue to erode they will be a threat to the monument.
D. Robertson (NAU), 21 October 2003.

February 2004. Radiocarbon dating and monitoring.
Monument located using Global Positioning Satellite. All but one of the timbers observed in September 2003 were present – all had a thin covering of seaweed. The location of the missing timber is marked by a plinth of peat.
Two samples were taken for species identification; they have been submitted for radiocarbon C14 dating.
The two timber samples showed evidence for woodworking and returned dates of 2020-1690 cal BC and 1920-1630 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--- SNF63879 Unpublished Document: Robertson, D. 2005.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 SNF63524 Unpublished Document: NAU. 2003.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 SNF63525 Unpublished Document: Norfolk Archaeology & Environment Division. 2003.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 (3)

Object Types (0)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

May 12 2019 12:16AM