NHER 60545 (Monument record) - Roman ditches, pit, and pottery

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Summary

Two ditches and a pit dated to the Roman period were recorded during monitoring of groundworks for a residential extension and new garage. This site is located to the south of the Caister on Sea Late Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort (NHER 8675), but the small number of features encountered here suggests that activity in this area was much more sparse than that to the east of the fort. Finds from the excavated features were limited to four sherds of Roman pottery, a tegula, and an iron nail.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG51SW
Civil Parish CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

August 2011 and March 2012. Watching Brief.
Two ditches (aligned north-east to south-west) and a pit were recorded during monitoring of groundworks for an extension and new garage. The features have been dated to the Roman period and contained four small, heavily abraded fragments of Roman pottery, a fragment of tegula, and an iron nail.
This site is located to the south of the Caister on Sea Late Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort (NHER 8675), but the small number of features encountered here suggests that activity in this area was much more sparse than that to the east of the fort.
See report (S1) for further information.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2012.234).
H. Hamilton (HES), 30 July 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 June 2021.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Wallis, H. 2012. Monitoring of Works under Archaeological Supervision and Control. 11 Belstead Avenue, Caister-on-Sea. Heather Wallis. 111.
  • NAIL (Unknown date)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
  • TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 100 AD to 399 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 27 2021 2:26AM

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