NHER 37635 (Monument record) - Features including an enclosure and field boundaries, Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG23SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline plot 20.
Geophysical survey detected linear anomalies and at least one small enclosure appeared to be represented. A possible circular anomaly could be the remains of a structure however this was not confirmed by magnetic susceptibility readings, which were low. The most distinct linear anomalies seemed to correlate with former field boundaries shown on the 1885 ordnance survey map (S1) and 1839 tithe map (S2), and some may relate to cropmarks of ditches.
Fieldwalking recovered burnt and worked flints and densities of medieval and post-medieval material which may be significant, including pottery and ceramic building material. They may relate to earthworks and cropmarks of medieval houses (NHER 29499) to the east. Metal detecting found a post-medieval lead pistol ball.
See (S4).
J. Allen (NLA), 13 August 2007.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF68375 Map: 1839. Swafield tithe map.
- <S2> SNF54192 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1885. 1st edition.
- <S3> SNF65232 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.
- <S4> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003.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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
Object Types (12)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 23 2017 12:01PM