NHER 65203 (Monument record) - Post-medieval and undated remains

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area F26).
The two areas examined at this location revealed no anomalies of obvious archaeological significance.
Linear trends close to the margins of the field were probably the result of agricultural activity.
Areas of magnetic disturbance around the margins of the site and in a band along the line of a former field boundary were probably caused by ferrous material in the topsoil (most likely modern debris), as were a number of scattered discrete dipolar anomalies.
There was no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with a pair of cropmarks visible on aerial photographs at TG 1120 1154 (part of a group of potentially Roman features recorded as NHER 53627).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2022.

July-October 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Areas 31 and 32; Trenches; 331-338, 341-354 and 356-362).
This phase of work had largely negative results, with the 29 trenches excavated revealing only a small number of scattered ditches, pits and possible post-holes - the majority of which produced little or no dating evidence.
The only discrete features of note were a group of three post-holes in the central part of the site, one of which contained small crumbs of prehistoric pottery.
A large unexcavated pit at the eastern end of field was probably an infilled quarry pit.
The ditches include two features that correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Honingham tithe map of 1839 (S1). One produced a possible scale-tang knife of medieval or later date.
The only other finds recovered were a flint flake of Mesolithic/Neolithic date and a single sherd of post-medieval pottery, which was found in a probable natural feature.
There was again no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with the two linear cropmarks recorded at TG 1120 1154 (part of a large group recorded as NHER 53527).
During the course of this work an Early Saxon brooch was handed to project staff by a local metal-detectorist. This had apparently been apparently been found close to the southern end of the field around "eight years ago" and is now recorded under NHER 28684.
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 2022. Amended 8 December 2022.