NHER 55104 (Negative evidence record) - Site where limited groundworks revealed no archaeologically-significant remains

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Summary

Watching briefs maintained during the installation of electrical cables at this site in 2010 and 2015 recorded only a single ditch of probable late post-medieval date. Groundworks at this location were subject to continuous monitoring due to the proximity of a known Hawker Hurricane crash site (NHER 18280). No debris from this aircraft was observed.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF51NW
Civil Parish WALPOLE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

August 2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the Linc Offshore Windfarm cable route onshore section. Works were subject to continuous monitoring at this location due to the proximity of a known Hurricane crash site (NHER 18280).
No archaeological finds or features.
See report (S1) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 22 February 2011.

July-September 2015. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with installation of onshore cable for Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
Work at this location was again subject to continuous monitoring due to its proximity to the known Hawker Hurricane crash site (NHER 18280). The only feature recorded was a ditch at TF 5046 1939. This contained fragments of plastic and appears to have coincided with a north-west to south-east aligned drainage feature shown on 19th-century maps.
No finds were recovered during this work.
Intermittent monitoring of the remainder of the scheme had similarly negative results.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2023.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Harrison, C. and Budd, C. 2010. Lincs Offshore Windfarm, Norfolk Cable Route Onshore Section. Archaeological Watching Brief Report. Wessex Archaeology. 73503.03.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Brennan, N. 2015. Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Cable Route: Norfolk Section. Archaeological Watching Brief Report. Wessex Archaeology. 106941.04.

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2025 8:10AM

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