NHER 58216 (Monument record) - Undated pits and ditches

January 2011. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The two trenches revealed eight pits and two ditches, none of which could be convincingly dated.
The position of the pits beneath a thick subsoil deposit and the leached appearance of their fills suggested that these features were potentially prehistoric. One of the pits contained a charcoal-rich fill, with heat-reddened sand at the margins of the feature suggesting this material had been burnt within the pit or dumped whilst still hot.
Although one of the ditches produced a single Roman pottery sherd, the visibility of its cut within the subsoil layer suggested that it was probably a more recent feature. The second ditch appeared to be sealed by the subsoil layer and was therefore potentially of a much earlier date.
Unstratified finds were limited to a single prehistoric flint blade core.
See report (S1) for further details.
A. Cattermole (HES), 23 July 2015. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2016.

March 2011. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new residential dwellings.
Two additional ditches were recorded. One of the ditches, located in extreme west of the site, was determined to be a continuation of the feature recorded during the evaluation earlier in 2011 and may date to the medieval period or later. The second ditch was located in the east of the site and remains undated. None of the other features recorded during the evaluation were identified within the foundation trenches.
See report (S2) for further information.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.136).
H. Hamilton (HES), 1 November 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 May 2019.