NHER 66664 (Monument record) - Undated ditches

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Summary

A watching brief maintained during groundworks at this site in 2016 recorded two undated ditches. Although neither produced any finds the nature of their fills suggested they were most likely of relatively recent date. It should though be noted that natural deposits were only fully exposed within a part of the site – it is possible that further remains were present elsewhere, beneath the surviving remnants of the subsoil layer.

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Map sheet	TF70SE
Civil Parish	GOODERSTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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June 2016. Watching Brief.
Maintained during the construction of a new residential dwelling.
Two ditches were exposed at the southern end of the site, where a subsoil layer underlying the topsoil was fully removed. Neither produced any finds, although it is noted that their fills were similar to the topsoil, suggesting they were most likely of relatively recent date.
Unstratified finds were limited to three worked flints of probable Late Neolithic/Bronze Age date, late post-medieval pottery sherds and late post-medieval/early modern pantile fragments.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.395).
P. Watkins (HES), 30 January 2023.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF101984 Unpublished Contractor Report: Walker, J. 2016. Land Adjacent to 12 The Street, Gooderstone, Norfolk PE33 7DD. Monitoring of Works Under Archaeological Supervision and Control. Archaeological Solutions. 5122.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (4)

FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
PANTILE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 30 2023 10:05PM