NHER 51386 (Monument record) - Medieval pit and post medieval ditch, Pine Cottage
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 2-14 used.
The earliest recorded feature is a medieval pit which contained 12th-13th century pottery sherds. An east-west aligned post-medieval ditch was found close to the street frontage. This feature may have been a boundary ditch relating to fields south of the High Street. No finds were recovered from its earlier fills, but the final fill contained late 18th or early 19th century pottery. This may suggest that the ditch was filled in prior to the construction of Pine Cottage immediately to the west. As well as the pottery recovered from features on the site, a small assemblage of animal bone was recovered, along with a post-medieval roof tile and tobacco pipe.
See report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.339).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 14 October 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 June 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (5)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD)
- PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 23 2019 9:49AM