NHER 65275 (Monument record) - ?Iron Age/Roman ditch

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Summary

A cable trench excavated in 2014 revealed a single ditch at this location. This feature was poorly dated, with only a single small pottery sherd of possible Iron Age/Roman date recovered.

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Map sheet	TF82NE
Civil Parish	RAYNHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 2013. Desk-based Assessment.
Heritage Statement produced for proposed underground electrical cable connecting solar park at West Raynham Airfield to a grid connection west of Hempton.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 February 2022.

July-August 2014. Watching Brief and Strip Map and Sample Excavation.
Archaeological mitigation work undertaken during installation of underground electrical cable for West Raynham Solar Park.
No archaeologically-significant features or deposits were observed during the stripping of this section of the cable route easement.
The subsequent excavation of a narrower trench for the cable itself revealed a single ditch at c. TF 8816 2509. This north-west to south-east aligned feature produced a single pottery sherd of possible Iron Age or early Roman date.
No unstratified finds were recovered.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.203).
P. Watkins (HES), 3 February 2022.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF101454 Unpublished Contractor Report: Lucey, D. 2013. West Raynham Cable Trench, Norfolk. Heritage Statement. Cotswold Archaeology. 13588.
<S2> SNF101449 Unpublished Contractor Report: Ó Coileáin, C. 2014. West Raynham Solar Park (Cable Run), Norfolk. Programme of Archaeological Mitigation Work. Cotswold Archaeology. 14429.