NHER 42759 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2005. Trial Trench.
Single trench excavation on site of proposed development. Contexts 1 to 4 used.
No archaeologically significant features or deposits observed. The small number of unstratified finds recovered included:
1 ?Mesolithic ?flint microlith.
2 ?Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flakes.
2 Roman pottery sherds.
5 ?Middle Saxon pottery sherds.
See report (S1) for further details and photograph of the worked flints. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 16 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 December 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF61279 Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2005. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Marshlands, Cross Lane, Brancaster, Norfolk. Chris Birks Archaeological Services. CB023R.
- <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 125.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD? to 850 AD?)
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Record last edited
Jul 20 2015 11:22AM