NHER 66612 (Monument record) - Roman ditches

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Summary

A geophysical survey of this site in 2020/2021 revealed nothing of archaeological interest, although much of the area was obscured by large spreads of magnetic disturbance. Subsequent trial trenching in 2022 uncovered a ditch of probable Roman date. An adjacent, parallel feature was most likely of a similar age.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SW
Civil Parish HONINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2020-March 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Norwich Western Link (Area 16).
This survey identified nothing of potential archaeological interest. Much of the western half of the site was though obscured by extensive areas of magnetic disturbance.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 February 2025.

May-July 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Norwich Western Link (Field TT12; Trenches 154 and 156-157).
The northernmost of the three trenches excavated at this location revealed an east-north-east to west-south-west aligned ditch that contained a small assemblage of Roman pottery. An adjacent, parallel ditch that either terminated or turned to the north within the trench produced a single Roman pottery sherd and a presumably residual flint borer of Late Neolithic/Bronze Age date.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 February 2025.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Langston, A. 2021. Geophysical Survey Report. Norwich Western Link. Magnitude Surveys. MSTG746.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Headifen, M. 2022. Norwich Western Link. Archaeological Evaluation Report. Oxford Archaeology East. 2595.
  • BORER (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2025 11:12AM

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