NHER 63093 (Monument record) - Saxo-Norman and undated features

November 2016. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of route of proposed new water main.
Only the trench closest to Church Street revealed archaeologically significant remains, which consisted of a north-east to south-west aligned ditch and two shallow pits. The ditch and one of the pits both produced small assemblages of Saxo-Norman pottery (including several Thetford-type ware sherds) and fragments of fired clay. Samples taken from the fills of these features produced a number of charred cereal grains, the nature of which were consistent with the date suggested by the pottery. Also noted were the residues of potential cultivated pulses, various animal bone fragments and a range of other material likely to represent fire or heath debris. Hammerscale was also present in one of the samples, providing evidence for iron smithing in the vicinity.
The second pit produced no dating evidence.
Metal-detecting during the excavation of these trenches recovered only a small number of post-medieval objects, none of which were of any particular interest.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2018.

October 2017-January 2018. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of water main and cable trenches.
The only feature identified was a probable ditch at the southern end of the field. This feature was aligned north-west to south-east and therefore parallel to the adjacent extant field boundary.
No finds were recovered during this work.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.143).
P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2018.