NHER 37811 (Monument record) - Possible Iron Age/Roman settlement and multi-period finds, Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline

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Summary

Magnetic anomalies indicative of Iron Age or Roman settlement remains were recorded during field reconnaissance survey on the route of a gas pipeline. However, fieldwalking and metal detecting survey recovered only worked flints, a piece of post medieval pottery, one medieval and two Roman coins.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NE
Civil Parish WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Plot number 236.
Magnetic anomalies indicative of Iron Age or Roman settlement remains were recorded along a transect of at least 120m in length. Fieldwalking recovered worked flints, including two Neolithic flints, and a piece of post medieval pottery. Previous fieldwalking had found a flint and medieval pottery scatter (NHER 34475). Metal detecting survey found one medieval and two Roman coins.
See (S1) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA) 10 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 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003.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.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 3 2019 10:53AM

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