NHER 65028 (Monument record) - Potentially prehistoric, post-medieval and undated remains

May 2019. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of part of large proposed development area (Area 2).
Much of the field was unsurveyable due to the presence of overgrown grass and nettles.
No anomalies of archaeological significance were detected in the area it was possible to examine in the northern half of the field.
Information from interim report.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

October 2019/January 2020. Geophysical Survey,
Magnetometer survey of part of large proposed development area (Area 2).
Entire field survey in better conditions.
The response of potential interest was a somewhat sinuous east-to-west aligned linear anomaly of uncertain origin at the northern end of the field.
A north-north-east to south-south-west aligned linear anomaly to the south corresponds with a former field boundary depicted on the Hethersett tithe map (S1).
The majority of the other anomalies were either of probable agricultural origin or likely to have been caused by ferrous debris.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

June-November 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of part of large proposed development site (Trenches 66-68 and 73-96).
The 27 trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of scattered ditches and possible pits, although these were mostly undated. One possible exception was a small pit that was found to contain a handmade pottery sherd of likely Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date.
Two of the ditches can be seen to correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Hethersett Tithe map (S3) but it is possible that at least some of the other, differently-aligned ditches were associated with earlier phases of activity.
Unstratified finds included an Early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead.
See report (S4) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 August 2026.