NHER 67331 (Monument record) - ?Prehistoric and undated ditches

December 2009. Desk-based Assessment.
Archaeological assessment of proposed route of onshore cable for Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 August July 2023.

July 2013–April 2014. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 22).
This survey identified no responses of definite archaeological significance. The most notable were several north-to-south aligned linear anomalies at the eastern end of the site - although the fact they are parallel to the adjacent track means that they potentially either of agricultural origin or represent a former path or track. Several amorphous positive anomalies are present to the west, which potentially represent infilled pits, ponds or hollows.
The majority of the other anomalies recorded are likely to be the result of variations in the underlying geology. Scattered dipolar spikes probably represent ferrous material on or close to the surface (most likely modern debris).
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 August July 2023.

November 2013-October 2014. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 22; Trench 52).
A single trench was excavated at this location – in the vicinity of the linear geophysical anomalies identified at the eastern end of the site. This apparently revealed an undated ditch, although the position and orientation of this feature are not recorded.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 August July 2023.

2014-2016. Watching Brief.
Maintained during installation of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (General Watching Brief; Field 22).
Two north-to-south aligned ditches were recorded at this location, both of which contained prehistoric pottery. The first produced two small, abraded sherds of flint-tempered pottery that can only be assigned a broad Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The second ditch contained a sherd of from a slack-bodied jar in a 'proto sandy greyware' fabric that most likely dates to the Late Iron Age. The conservative nature of Iron Age pottery traditions in Norfolk does though means that a post-Conquest is also possible, with such vessels continuing to be made into the mid-to-late 1st century AD.
See assessment report (S4) for further details. It should be noted that this report does not show the exact location of the recorded features.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 August July 2023.