NHER 63009 (Monument record) - Undated probable ditches pit and pond

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Summary

A watching brief maintained during the installation of a new water main between 2005 and 2006 recorded a number of potentially archaeologically significant features at this location including probably ditches, a pit and a possible pond. No finds were recovered.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM18SE
Civil Parish	GISSING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October 2005-January 2006. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and trenching for Harleston to Gissing replacement water main.
Several features were observed at this location during the excavation of the pipe trench. These included two ditches, a possible pit and a much larger, flat-based feature interpreted as a pond.
No finds were recovered so the date of these remains was unknown.
Previously recorded under NHER 43959.
See report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.188).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 October 2018. Amended 21 June 2019.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF65354 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crawley, P. 2006. An Archaeological Watching Brief on the Harleston to Gissing Replacement Main, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1137.