NHER 52621 (Monument record) - Post medieval drainage ditch and animal burial

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Summary

A geophysical survey carried out in January 2009 did not detect any archaeological anomalies. Trial trenching identified a post medieval drainage ditch and a calf burial. The assessment of the aerial photographs for this area revealed possible ditch-like features in the vicinity of this site, some of which may in fact relate to the surveyed and excavated drainage features noted above, see NHER 54676 for details.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM19NW
Civil Parish	ASHWELLTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 2009. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometry survey of proposed development areas.
Modern agricultural features were detected over the majority of the site. A field drainage system was identified on the east of the site, but no significant archaeological anomalies were detected.
See report (S1) for further details
H. White (NLA), 13 May 2009

2009. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development areas. From Context 1.
A post-medieval ditch was located in Trench 4, and in Trench 8 an E-W service trench and articulated calf burial were identified. No other archaeological finds or features were recorded.
See (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.152).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 August 2015. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.

March 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The assessment of the aerial photographs for this area revealed possible ditch-like features in the vicinity of this site, some of which may in fact relate to the surveyed and excavated drainage features noted above, see NHER 54676 for details.
S. Horlock (NMP), 05 March 2012.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF71427 Photograph: Hickling, S.. 2009. MWM.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. 1-.
<S1> SNF71667 Unpublished Contractor Report: Clark, A. 2009. Geophysical Survey of Land at Wood Farm, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. North Pennines Archaeology. CP822.
<S2> SNF71855 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2009. An Archaeological Evaluation of land behind Wood Farm, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1985.