NHER 52756 (Monument record) - Undated ditch, Peterhouse Middle School

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Summary

An evaluation at Peterhouse Middle School in April 2009 revealed an undated ditch which corresponds to a previously recorded cropmark (NHER 43466). The only artefacts recovered during this investigation were a late prehistoric flint flake and a post-medieval button. A watching brief in May 2009 recorded more sections of the ditch identified from aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50SW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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April 2009. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site of proposed school extension.
A single ditch was found which corresponded with a known cropmark (NHER 43466) and is thought to form part of an Iron Age to Roman field system. No conclusive dating evidence was recovered during the evaluation. Finds recovered during the evaluation comprised a single late prehistoric worked flint flake and a post-medieval button.
See report (S1) for further details.
See also (S2) and (S3).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 3 September 2009.

May 2009. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of school extension and installation of soakaways and drains.
This work exposed several section of the previously identified ditch, although again no finds were recovered.
See report (S4) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 6 August 2010.

An archive associated with the work at this site has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.393).
P. Watkins (HES), 28 July 2023.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF72172 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crawley, P. 2009. An Archaeological Evaluation at Peterhouse School, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 2079.
<S2> SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. 1-12.
<S3> SNF72319 Photograph: Crawley, P.. 2009. PER.
<S4> SNF76065 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Ames, J. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Peterhouse School, Gorleston, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 2079a.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (2)

RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

All Groups: NHER 43466 - Related to: The cropmarks of a possible dispersed field system of unknown but possible Iron Age to Roman date, Bradwell and Gorleston-on-Sea (Cropmark and Earthwork)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2023 7:18AM