NHER 58091 (Monument record) - Early Bronze Age pit and post medieval field boundaries
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2010. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of proposed development area.
See report (S1) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 September 2015.
June 2012. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Six of the forty-five trenches excavated contained archaeological features.
An Early Bronze Age Beaker period pit was recorded, together with some undated pits and gullies and post medieval field boundaries.
The small assemblage of worked flint recovered from the site included a single Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic blade and a thumbnail end scraper of probable Early Bronze Age date.
See report (S2) for details.
E. Ford (HES), 01 October 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF80697 Unpublished Contractor Report: Tabor, J. 2010. Land East of East Dereham, Norfolk. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Cambridge Archaeological Unit. 806.
- <S2> SNF85144 Unpublished Contractor Report: Lichtenstein, L. 2012. Archaeological field evaluation on land north of Norwich Road, Dereham, Norfolk. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 12/119.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
- PIT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 6 2017 4:40PM