NHER 65201 (Monument record) - Roman and later ditches and poorly-dated pit

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area F25 west).
This identified an east-to-west aligned linear anomaly that corresponds with a former field boundary shown of the Honingham tithe map (S1). A number of weaker linear trends are of a more uncertain nature, being regarded as potentially the result of agricultural activity.
Areas of magnetic disturbance around the margins of the field and scattered discrete dipolar anomalies were probably caused by ferrous material in the topsoil (most likely modern debris).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2021.

July-October 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area 28; Trenches 310-317).
The eight trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of ditches and a single pit.
The most notable of the ditches was a north-to-south aligned feature that contained a large quantity of Roman pottery and more than 50 fragments of animal bone. The pottery assemblage is of mid 2nd- to mid 3rd century date and indicates this feature lay relatively close to some form of Roman settlement or activity focus. A sample from the primary fill of this feature produced charred seeds and a moderate amount of charcoal. It should be noted that this ditch coincided with one of the fainter linear geophysical anomalies that had not been thought to be archaeologically significant. It is therefore possible that a similarly-aligned anomaly to the west (which was not examined as part of this phase of work) represents another feature of Roman date.
An east-to-west aligned ditch recorded in three trenches corresponds with a former field boundary shown on (S1) and had also been identified by the geophysical survey. This feature produced an assemblage of animal bone. The small number of other ditches identified included an east-to-west aligned feature at the western end of the site that contained a single sherd of medieval pottery.
The pit was a relatively small, sub-circular feature at the eastern edge of the site that produced a single sherd of Late Saxon pottery.
See report (S2) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.131).
P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2021. Amended 8 December 2022.