NHER 51472 (Monument record) - ?Medieval to post-medieval linear features

The results of a fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey undertaken in March-April 2008 are now recorded under NHER 37463.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2019.

September-November 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable (Trench 121).
The single trench excavated at this location revealed a series of parallel north-west to south-east aligned features interpreted as furrows and a north-north-east to south-south-west aligned ditch. The subsoil layer present and the furrows were seen as evidence for medieval open-field agriculture. The ditch was thought to represent a later phase of activity.
Several finds were recovered from unstratified contexts, including three prehistoric flint flake, a ?prehistoric burnt flint and a Roman pottery sherd.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.

2009-2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and other groundworks associated with installation of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable.
No additional archaeologically significant features or deposits recorded and no finds recovered.
Final report awaited. See assessment report (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.