NHER 39255 (Monument record) - Medieval/post-medieval features (Haddiscoe, poorly located; Reedham, poorly located)

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Summary

A watching brief in 2003 located an infilled soke dyke and another soke dyke or possibly a pit were found.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

April-October 2003. Watching Brief [1].
Work undertaken during construction of new flood defences along the eastern bank of the River Yare (Broadland Flood Alleviation Project - Compartment 35).
Two features observed towards the north-east end of the river: an infilled soke dyke and another soke dyke or possibly a pit.
A number of post-medieval finds were also recovered from unstratified deposits along this stretch of the river.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.129).
J. Allen (NLA), 6 June 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 June 2015 and 18 May 2019.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF54782 Unpublished Contractor Report: Tatler, S. 2004. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Compartments 11 and 35 on the Broadland Flood Alleviation Project. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 931.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (10)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Unknown date)
NAIL (Unknown date)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 15 2020 12:24AM