NHER 58264 (Monument record) - Possible post medieval ditches and pit or pond
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ORMESBY ST MICHAEL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2012. Trial Trenching.
Excavation of nine trenches prior to construction of a new reservoir recorded two undated ditches in the southwest of the site and two large pits in the east. The ditches appear to run parallel to trackways visible on 1988 aerial photography (S2), but they are also on the same alignment as possible medieval and post medieval field boundaries visible as cropmarks in the field to the south (NHER 42052) and may form part of the same group of linear features. One of the pits recorded in the east of the site was visible as a depression within the landscape and is marked as a depression on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map (S3) and as a pit on Bryant's 1826 map (S4). This feature may have originally been used for extraction and allowed to collect water to form a pond before being deliberately back-filled. It contained an assemblage of Victorian and later pottery and glass.
See report (S1) for further information.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.150) [1].
H. Hamilton (HES), 20 November 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2020.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF86153 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hodges, L. 2012. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Land North of Mill Lane, Filby, Norfolk. NPS Archaeology. 3047.
- <S2> SNF86359 Vertical Aerial Photograph: NCC. 1988. NCC Aerial Photography acessed via Norfolk Historic Maps (www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk).
- <S3> SNF52733 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
- <S4> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (5)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BOTTLE (Early 20th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1901 AD to 1950 AD)
- POT (Early 20th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1901 AD to 1950 AD)
- VESSEL (Early 20th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1901 AD to 1950 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 20 2020 2:54PM