NHER 26770 (Monument record) - Undated timber posts

September 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The westernmost line is comprised of six timber posts, aligned in an east to west direction (TF 79273 44435 to TF 79270 44435). The structure has an overall length of 3.5m. There is a single post to the north (TF 79273 44438). The central feature is comprised of a line of ten timber posts aligned in an approximate north to south direction (TF 79314 44447 to TF 79313 44441). The structure has an overall length of 6m. The easternmost features is comprised of a fragmentary line of 24 timber posts aligned in a north to south direction (TF 79347 44487 to TF 79348 44444). The structure as an overall length of 40m.

All of these features are concentrated around the mean high water line to the immediate north of the mooring area at Brancaster Staithe. They presumably acted as a revetment for sandbanks and navigable channels or as jetties and mooring points for small craft. They are likely to be post medieval or modern in date, but a Roman, Saxon or Medieval period date is also possible.
See also NHER 26651.
M. Brennand (NMP), 5 September 2002.

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 8), Context 747:
Twelve posts forming two lines, were located within walled part of Brancaster Staithe harbour (between TF 79309 44446 and TF 79309 44441). They were either a buried wreck, a revetment or a jetty.
Context 814:
A post alignment (comprising thirty-eight upright posts and planks) was located on the eastern side of Brancaster Staithe harbour. It was in situ within estuarine mud, between TF 79340 44487 and TF 7934 4444. It may have been a former harbour wall and bank revetment or mooring bollards.
Contexts 817 and 818:
Two revetments or sluices, one located either side of a modern sluice. That to the east [context 817] comprised five upright timber posts and two wooden planks and was between TF 79283 34443 to TF 79262 44441. The western section [context 818] comprised five upright timber posts and one wooden plank between TF 79266 44441 and TF 79262 44442.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 16 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

November 2007. Field visit during construction of new harbour/quay wall.
During dredging/construction work a north to south aligned timber plank revetment was revealed to the north of the brick harbour wall (NHER 41458). The visible section was 2m to 2.5m long and at least five planks tall; due to the presence ofa piling rig it was not possible to take measurements. The revetment appeared to abut or pass behind the north to south aligned section of the brick wall. It was located directly behind timber posts recorded by the Norfolk Coastal Survey as Context 814.
D. Robertson (NLA), 28 November 2007.