NHER 39700 (Monument record) - Post medieval features on land adjacent to The Lodge, The Street

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Summary

An evaluation excavation in 2003 revealed post medieval agricultural linear features, a ditch and dumped material. Objects recovered included a few prehistoric worked flints and post medieval pottery and glass fragments.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NW
Civil Parish MILEHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October 2003. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 1 to 16.
The investigations revealed a group of linear features associated with agriculture, a ditch and dumped material, all of which dated to the post-medieval period. Prehistoric worked flints were recovered in small numbers from the site.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2006.615).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 24 May 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Mellor, V. 2003. Archaeological Evaluation on Land at The Street, Mileham, Norfolk. Archaeological Project Services. 174/03.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 581.
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP END (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 5 2019 2:27PM

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