NHER 64840 (Monument record) - Post-medieval ditch and undated natural feature

May 2017. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of large proposed development area close to White House Farm.
This study concluded that this land had a low/moderate potential to contain archaeological remains of Late Prehistoric to modern date.
The available cartographic sources suggest that this particular site has been arable land since at least the late post-medieval period.
No archaeologically- or historically-significant features were noted during a brief site visit.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 April 2021.

March 2018. Geophysical Survey.
Detailed magnetometer survey of proposed development site (Field 4).
The only responses identified as potentially archaeologically-significant were two discrete anomalies that possibly represent infilled pits.
Two discrete dipolar anomalies most likely represent ferrous objects in the topsoil, although it is noted that these can also indicate the presence of thermoremnant features such as kilns or furnaces. Discrete, amorphous patches of magnetic disturbance scattered across the site were of uncertain origins (having many possible causes).
Information from report uploaded to OASIS. HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 April 2021.

November 2018. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site (Area D).
The four trenches excavated at this location (Trenches 41-44) revealed a single, roughly north-to-south aligned ditch and a probable natural feature. The ditch produced no finds but is likely to correspond with a boundary depicted on the Sprowston Tithe map of 1843 (S2).
The single discrete feature was interpreted as a probable tree-throw hollow and produced a prehistoric flint blade.
See report (S3) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2021.12).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 April 2021. Amended 8 December 2022.