NHER 37626 (Monument record) - Medieval kiln/oven, enclosures, pits, ditches, pottery sherds and metal working debris, Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THEMELTHORPE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2002 - January 2003. Fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Construction section 27, plot number 128.
Concentrations of medieval pottery and metal working debris were identified during the fieldwalking survey.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 February 2010.
March - August 2003. Excavation. Bacton to King's Lynn pipeline.
Medieval features were revealed during excavation, including a short ditch, a large, ovoid pit which may be formed part of a kiln or oven, and a gully. A domed structure with an oval ground plan was constructed on virtually the same site as the phase 1 oven. The domed structure is described as a kiln/oven/corn dryer and it was built within a ditched enclosure. Also other enclosures, ditches and a series of large pits or ponds.
See (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 25 August 2006.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- <S1> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003.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.
- <S2> SNF54123 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2004.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 42-46.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (15)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORN DRYING KILN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CORN DRYING OVEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GULLY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KILN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- OVEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POND? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (16)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- CHARCOAL (Unknown date)
- PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Unknown date)
- XFIRED CLAY (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SLAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- XFIRED CLAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 17 2025 11:25AM