NHER 50506 (Monument record) - Undated pit, land adjacent to Cherry Tree Cottage, Chapel Road

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Summary

A watching brief in 2007 revealed a single undated pit containing a homogenous fill, perhaps indicating that it was used as a cess pit.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG02SW
Civil Parish	FOXLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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July 2007. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of residential dwellings.
A single large pit was observed in the section of a footing trench. No dating evidence was recovered from this feature, although several fragments of brick rubble were noted. The fill of this pit was homogenous, suggesting an organic backfill, perhaps that of a cess pit.
No other archaeological finds or features were observed.
See report (S1) for further details.
See also (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.172).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 9 November 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF69003 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2007. An Archaeological Watching Brief on Land Adjacent to Cherry Tree Cottage, Foxley, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1309.
<S2> SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. 1-5.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (1)

BRICK (Unknown date)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2019 7:22PM