NHER 66857 (Monument record) - Bronze Age, post-medieval and undated remains

February 2023. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The six trenches excavated revealed a number of linear features and a possible post-hole. Although few finds were recovered there was evidence for prehistoric activity, with single sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery found in an east-to-west aligned ditch at the northern edge of the site and a recut east-north-east to west-south-west aligned ditch to the south. The former also produced a slightly abraded fired clay spindle whorl of Bronze Age date, suggesting this may well have been a prehistoric feature. A sample from the fill of this ditch produced only a grass seed fragment. The ditch to the south was probably of more recent date as it was also produced a single sherd of post-medieval pottery and several fragments of animal bone. A sample from this ditch contained frequent elder seeds, occasional wheat grains as well as fragments of vitrified clinker and vitrified charcoal.
Undated features included a north-east to south-west aligned ditch revealed close to the southern edge of the site and the single post-hole, which lay in the central part of the site.
Two narrow roughly north-to-south aligned linear features in the westernmost trench were interpreted as probable plough furrows.
No unstratified finds were recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.36).
P. Watkins (HES), 15 April 2023.