NHER 41815 (Monument record) - Undated revetment or sea wall

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Summary

An alignment of wooden posts was found in 2004. They may have been a revetment for the salt marsh, or perhaps they mark the line of a sea wall or bank.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey.
Context 596:
Post alignment composed of seventeen timber posts embedded in salt marsh. In situ.
These could be saltmarsh or revetting post (as HER 41814) or they may have marked the line of a former sea wall/bank.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 30 June 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 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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 7:11PM

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