NHER 58836 (Monument record) - Later Iron Age, post-medieval and undated remains

March 2011. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development site (Field 2).
This survey recorded two linear anomalies and several ferrous anomalies. One east-west linear response has been identified as a post medieval field boundary which appears on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. A second linear response that runs north-east from this field boundary does not appear on historic maps and may represent a field drain. One ferrous anomaly at the eastern end of the former field boundary marks the location of a former pond, while other anomalies at the edges of the field likely mark the location of former electricity pylons.
See (S1) for further information.
H. Hamilton (HES), 21 May 2013.

October 2019/January 2020. Geophysical Survey,
Magnetometer survey of part of large proposed development area (Area 5).
This survey of the southern portion of the field identified no potentially archaeologically-significant responses.
The anomalies detected were all either of probable agricultural origin or likely to have been caused by ferrous debris.
See report (S2) for further information.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

June-November 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of part of large proposed development site (Trenches 52-65 and 69-72).
Eighteen trenches excavated in the southernmost part of this site revealed a small number of scattered ditches and discrete features. The most notable was a pit at the western edge of the site that contained a small amount of later Iron Age pottery, along with a substantial quantity of burnt flint and stone. A sample from its fill produced charred cereal grains and seeds, along with a small amount of what is potentially cremated human bone, although none of the fragments are identifiable.
The other discrete features were all undated and in several cases deemed to be of likely natural origin.
A roughly east-to-west aligned ditch appears to have coincided with a former field boundary depicted on the Hethersett Tithe map (S3) and two similarly-aligned undated ditches were also most likely post-medieval.
See report (S4) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 August 2026.