NHER 63420 (Monument record) - ?Prehistoric, post-medieval to modern and undated features

September-November 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable (Trenches 78, 78a, 79 and 79a).
The four trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of pits and three ditches.
Three oval pits exposed in one trench all which produced small amounts of burnt flint and were therefore regarded as potentially prehistoric.
One of the ditches is probably of relatively recent date as it appears to correspond with a former field boundary marked on 19th-century maps. An adjacent pit was also regarded as a probable modern feature. The other two ditches were of uncertain date as finds were limited to a single Early Neolithic serrated flint blade. It was however noted that their north-to-south and east-to-west alignments are markedly different from those of the surrounding extant field boundaries. They are however similar to the alignments of the predominantly medieval ditches exposed in the field to the north (NHER 11339).
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 51455.
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2019.

2009-2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and other groundworks associated with installation of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable.
No additional archaeologically-significant remains identified. Finds recovered included medieval objects of unspecified types and a medieval coin.
Final report awaited. See assessment report (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 51455.
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2019.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2019.