NHER 38198 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age platform or trackway on Holme Beach (platform III)

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Summary

A 2003 walkover survey discovered a possible platform or trackway made up from posts and horizontally laid timbers. Two of the timbers have been dated to the Bronze Age using radiocarbon methods. The two dates are not statistically consistent and probably suggest material was either reused in the construction of the structure or that it was refurbished during its lifetime.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF74NW
Civil Parish	HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

February to March 2003. NAU survey.
Possible platform or trackway, not very well preserved. Made up of two upright posts and at least ten pieces of timber in a rectilinear arrangement.
See (S1)-(S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 23 April 2003.

September 2003. Site visit.
Monument found easily without Global Positioning Satellite.
Whole area had a covering of sand - this obscures all the timbers but two.
D. Robertson (NAU), 21 October 2003.

January/February 2004.
In both January and February 2004 the whole area had a covering of sand.
In January the sand obscured all the timbers but the southernmost post. It was sampled for timber identification and radiocarbon dating. In February it was not visible.
In February two timbers in the northeastern part of the monument were visible. One of these was a new horizontal timber; the other was seen for the first time since July 2003. The new timber was sampled for timber identification and radiocarbon dating.
The timbers returned radiocarbon dates of 1750-1510 cal BC and 2010-1690 cal BC. These dates are not statistically consistent and probably suggest reuse of material or the refurbishment of the structure.
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--- SNF63879 Unpublished Document: Robertson, D. 2005.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 SNF63524 Unpublished Document: NAU. 2003.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 SNF63525 Unpublished Document: Norfolk Archaeology & Environment Division. 2003.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 (1)

POST (Unknown date)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

May 12 2019 12:05AM