NHER 41744 (Monument record) - Prehistoric and medieval features at Beechwood House, The Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALVERGATE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2005. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of a single housing development plot. Contexts 1-8 used.
Two potentially prehistoric features - these possibly the remains of a post hole and a small pit.
Two medieval domestic waste pits were also present, containing finds typical of these kinds of archaeological features, including pottery sherds, animal bone and oyster shell. One contained the partial remains of a horse.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 31 May 2005.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF65313 Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2005. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Beechwood House, The Street, Halvergate, Norfolk. Chris Birks Archaeological Services. CB008R.
- <S2> SNF81902 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2006. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2005. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 124-136. p 127.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
Object Types (6)
- POT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- OYSTER SHELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SLAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 15 2015 2:42PM