NHER 51496 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age flint, medieval and post medieval pottery, and a medieval spur, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 5.2).
Fieldwalking and metal detecting recovered twelve pieces of worked flint including two small cores, a semi-circular scraper, and a blade all broadly dated to the Late Neolithic-Bronze Age. Medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, a 14th century spur, two copper alloy buttons, lead scrap, and unidentified iron items were also recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
Previously recorded as NHER 51496 Context 2.
E. Rose (NLA), November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF64324 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 5.2.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (9)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- CORE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BUTTON (Unknown date)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 30 2020 11:36AM