NHER 62533 (Negative evidence record) - Site with no evidence for archaeologically significant remains

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Summary

A geophysical survey of this area in 2016 identified no potentially significant anomalies. A trial trench excavated the following year revealed no archaeological features and a subsequent watching brief during the excavation of an engineering trial pit had similarly negative results.

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Map sheet	TG21SE
Civil Parish	GREAT AND LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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September 2016. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of possible development area (Area E1 West).
No archaeologically significant anomalies were detected.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2018.

January 2017. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site of proposed new road and associated infrastructure (Trench 10).
The single trench excavated at this location revealed no archaeologically significant remains. No unstratified finds were recovered.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2018.

January 2017. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of engineering trial pit in proposed development area (Trial Pit 17).
No archaeologically significant features or deposits identified.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2018.

An archive presumed to comprise material from both phases of work in 2017 has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2019.244).
P. Watkins (HES), 9 December 2022.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF98608 Unpublished Contractor Report: Masters, P. 2016. Geophysical Survey of Land at Brook Farm, Norwich, Norfolk. Cranfield University. 136.
<S2> SNF98580 Unpublished Contractor Report: Morgan-Shelbourne, L. 2017. Brook Farm, Norfolk: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation and Monitoring. Pre-Construct Archaeology. R12806.