NHER 37621 (Monument record) - Multi-period features and finds, Bacton to King's Lynn gas pipeline
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF82SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TITTLESHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Construction section 12, plot number 203.
A number of significant linear and pit-like anomalies were identified by geophysical survey in the western half of the plot. Fieldwalking recovered worked flints including three scrapers; post-medieval pot and building material.
See (S1) and (S2).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 February 2010.
March - August 2003. Excavation. Bacton to King's Lynn Pipeline.
Excavation revealed a large pit of possible prehistoric date and a post-medieval field boundary.
Iron Age pottery sherds and three possible Neolithic flints including a blade and flake were found during evaluation.
See (S3).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 February 2010.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF65234 Unpublished Contractor Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2003. Fluxgate Gradiometer and Magnetic Susceptibility Surveys: Bacton to King's Lynn Gas Pipeline. Pre-Construct Geophysics.
- <S2> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
- <S3> SNF54123 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2004. Bacton to King's Lynn Natural Gas Pipeline. Post-Excavation Assessment of Potential for Analysis and Updated Project Design. Network Archaeology. pp 22-23.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 12 2013 4:22PM