NHER 41455 (Monument record) - Undated timber bridge

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Summary

A timber bridge over a small creek, made from at least seventeen uprights and seven horizontals, was embedded in estuarine mud in the channel to the south of Scolt Head Island and was surrounded by a mussel bed. It was used during mussel farming. This was recorded as part of the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF84NW
Civil Parish BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 8), Context 753:
A timber bridge over a small creek, made from at least seventeen uprights and seven horizontals. It was embedded in estuarine mud in the channel to south of Scolt Head Island and was surrounded by a mussel bed. It will have been used during mussel farming.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2019 6:10PM

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