NHER 51881 (Monument record) - Early Neolithic, Bronze age and Medieval pits and ditches

November 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Three pits were excavated in the centre of the site. An Early Bronze Age sherd and a Neolithic flint flake were identified in the fill of the first pit. The second pit produced no finds, and the third pit produced an Early Neolithic pottery sherd, Neolithic flint and an undated sherd. A ditch was identified in the trench to the south of the site, and its fill contained a single Neolithic flint blade. A pit and a ditch were excavated along the northern side of the site. The fill of the pit produced three Neolithic flint flakes, one of which had been retouched. 10 meters to the east of the pit was a ditch, the fill of which contained one Neolithic blade and three flakes. A trench was excavated to the east of the site and identified a post hole and two pits. The only find from these features was a single sherd of Grimston ware. These features were probably part of a domestic structure associated with buildings around Horstead village.
See report (S1) for further details.
H. White (NLA), 12 February 2009.

March-April 2009. Excavation.
Details awaited.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.623).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.