NHER 37623 (Monument record) - Early medieval farmstead excavated on Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline

November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Construction section 22, plot number 148.
Geophysical survey detected a pair of strong parallel linear anomalies which appear to correspond more or less with the former road between Bintree and Elsing (NHER 17234). Clusters of pit-like anomalies and a second ditch were recorded. Fieldwalking recovered worked flints, medieval and post medieval pot sherds, and post medieval building material and a piece of bottle glass.
See (S1) and (S2).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 February 2010.

March - August 2003. Excavation.
Excavation revealed the remains of a small early medieval farmstead appeared to be represented by two post-built structures and a collection of pits clustered around a possible sub-rectangular enclosure.
Also medieval enclosures, a rectilinear field system, and pits, the fills of which suggested that metalworking had taken place on the near the site.
Medieval or post medieval metalled track flanked by a series of drainage ditches, also boundary ditches, large extraction pits and a number of smaller pits were associated with the track.
Finds included residual Bronze Age and Roman pottery and prehistoric worked flint, and medieval metal working debris.
See (S3). The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
J. Allen (NLA), 25 August 2006.