NHER 66026 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age to Middle Saxon and post-medieval finds

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Summary

A watching brief maintained during the creation of a new horse ménage at this location in 2018 recorded no archaeologically-significant features or deposits. It should though be noted that the natural sands were only exposed in small parts of the site, so it is possible that any remains present were obscured by the surviving remnants of the subsoil layer. The unstratified finds recovered during this work were mostly post-medieval in date, the most notable exceptions being small quantities of Iron Age, Iron Age or Early Saxon, Roman and Middle Saxon pottery.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL78NW
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October 2018. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of new horse ménage.
No archaeologically-significant features or deposits were exposed. The soil strip ménage was however relatively shallow, with only small patches of natural sand exposed. It is therefore possible that any remains present were obscured by the surviving remnants of the subsoil layer.
A number of unstratified finds were recovered, including:
Undatable iron nail fragments.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
2 Iron Age or Early Saxon pottery sherds.
3 Roman pottery sherds.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval coin, 25 pottery sherds, 3 clay tobacco pipe stems, copper alloy buttons and a harness junction
14 post-medieval/modern pottery sherds.
Oyster shell was also noted.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2019.82).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 September 2022.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF101762 Unpublished Contractor Report: Newman, J. 2019. Equestrian Area and Associated Works, Land South of Wetherley, 77 South Street, Hockwold cum Wilton, Norfolk. Archaeological Monitoring Report. John Newman Archaeological Services.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (11)

POT (Early Iron Age to Early Saxon - 800 BC to 650 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
NAIL (Unknown date)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (18th Century to Late 20th Century - 1767 AD to 2000 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 7 2022 11:17AM