NHER 58020 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot-boiler material and possible Roman farmstead

October 2010. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of proposed development site.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2015.

Late 2010. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometry survey of proposed development area.
Report awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2015.

February 2011. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Archaeological remains were identified in 52 of the 94 trenches excavated.
There were two main areas of archaeological interest - a spread of pot-boiler material and associated features located in the northern field, and a possible Roman farmstead consisting of a corn-dryer, ditches and a pit, situated on the edge of the northern and southern fields.
The northern field formed part of Poringland heath in the post medieval period. Possible medieval enclosures, perhaps representing intakes into the common land of the heath, and post medieval enclosures dating to the enclosure of the heath in the early 19th century were recorded on the site, and may relate to cropmarks formerly observed in the area (NHER 52465). Cropmarks of a probable glacial origin had also been observed in the southern field (NHER 53284).
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.192).
E. Bales (HES), 17 September 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.