NHER 51432 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval to modern finds

March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 17).
Undated brick, metal-working debris, copper alloy and zinc sheet fragments, a possible iron tool, copper alloy vessel foot and lead fragment.
1 prehistoric flint flake.
14 medieval pottery sherds.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd, 3 brick fragments, 1 button and 1 musket ball.
1 post-medieval/modern pottery sherd and 32 brick fragments.
1 modern spoon fragment.
The post-medieval/modern brick (largely 19th century and later in date) was observed as a spread across the centre of the field.
See (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
S. Howard (NLA), 19 November 2009. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 8 June 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 28 May 2019.

9 May 2008. Unsystematic Fieldwalking.
Late prehistoric flint flakes.
Neolithic end scrapers and side scrapers.
The whole assemblage came to approximately 30 pieces and was recovered from Lemon Hill and the site of NHER 32047, the site of an undated ring ditch and trackway. The finds were not seen by HES and were identified by the finder.
See Correspondence (S3) and [1].
A. Beckham (HES), 8 June 2017.

The results of trial trenching at this site in 2008 and a watching brief maintained during subsequent groundworks in 2009/2010 are now recorded under NHER 62305.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 June 2019.