NHER 37985 (Find Spot record) - Possible burnt mound, Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline

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Summary

A scatter of burnt flints which could be the remains of a burnt mound was found during field reconnaisssance survey on the route of a gas pipeline in 2002. A worked flint flake was also retrieved, along with a fragment of possible Roman building material, post medieval pottery fragments and building material, and an undated lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG23SE
Civil Parish ANTINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 2002 - January 2003. Fieldwalking and geophysical survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Plot number 40.
A scatter of burnt flints was found during fieldwalking, which could be the remains of a burnt mound. A worked flint flake was also retrieved. A fragment of possible Roman building material; post-medieval pot and building material, and an undated lead weight were also found. A linear anomaly interpreted as a former field boundary was recorded by the geophysical survey.
See (S1).
J. Allen (NLA), 8 August 2007.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
  • BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 10 2021 7:49AM

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