NHER 9394 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of undated enclosure

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Summary

An undated enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs that were taken in 1972. Burnt flints and shells have been found on the site. A watching brief during the construction of the A47 Norwich Southern Bypass revealed no features, although metal detecting recovered undated metal working debris.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	CRINGLEFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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May 1972. Aerial photography.
Subrectangular cropmark in (S1).
C. J. Green (NAU), 1973.
Checked by E. Rose (NCC Highways).

Perambulation revealed no evidence of the cropmarks but finds included scattered areas of burnt flint and shell fragments.
See (S2).
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 11 July 1990.

1991. Observation of construction of Norwich southern bypass.
Produced no archaeological findings from this site.

1991 to 1992. Watching brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Site 45
Metalworking debris, undated.
See unpublished document (S4) for further details.
See published monograph (S6) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992

May-June 2009. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development area (Field 9).
Although it appears that part of this cropmark was potentially visible in the north-east corner of the area examined there was no evidence for associated sub-surface remains. It should though be noted that the geology of this area is known to create conditions that are not particularly conducive to this kind of survey.
See NHER 55995 and (S5) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 January 2021.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Cringleford.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF10556 Aerial Photograph: Fairey AP 19477230.
<S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 77.
<S3> SNF57632 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief.
<S4> SNF57633 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
<S5> SNF81470 Unpublished Contractor Report: Butler, A. 2011. An Archaeological Geophysical Survey of Land at Cringleford, Norwich. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 09/65.
<S6> SNF50478 Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.