NHER 69223 (Monument record) - Post-medieval and undated ditches

June 2012. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The five trenches excavated revealed little in the way of archaeologically-significant remains, with only three linear features recorded. These included a north-to-south aligned ditch that contained fragments of late medieval or post-medieval brick and animal bone. This is thought to have been a post-medieval field boundary ditch and an adjacent, narrower but similarly-aligned linear feature to the west was potentially of the same age. The third linear feature was deemed to be of probable natural origin.
A large of amount of brick rubble and other modern debris encountered in north-west corner of the site corresponds with the site of a former pond shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition Six-inch map (S1).
Natural chalky clay deposits lay directly beneath the topsoil. No unstratified finds were recovered.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.100).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2025.