NHER 23120 (Monument record) - Middle Saxon ditches and burials plus multi-period finds

November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking. [1]
Winter cereal, well weathered soil. MTW BX.
Odd fragments flint and sherds of ?medieval pottery.
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 November 1986.

See published report (S1) and project achive (S2) for further details.

February-March 1992. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Route of Wellington Plantation to Stoke Ferry Pipeline. Context 2 centred at [2].
Concentration of Middle Saxon pottery, facetted head pin, bronze object, lead fragments, coin of Coenwulf, Roman and post medieval sherds.
Concentration continues as other sites: [3].
See reports (S3) and (S4) for further details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 March 2015.

April-August 1992. Excavation.
Route of Wellington Plantation to Stoke Ferry Pipeline.
Excavation undertaken before pipeline constructed revealed Middle Saxon ditches and burials and small finds. Other finds recovered included Beaker, Bronze Age and Iron Age sherds.
See report (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S5).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 May 1992.

An archive presumed to include material from both phases of work undertaken in 1992 has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.74).
P. Watkins (HES), 6 December 2022.

1993-1994. Fieldwalking. Just east of excavated area in a 'low area'.
Roman tile fragment.
Five Middle Saxon sherds (one rim, two body sherds pimply Ipswich Ware, two body sherds smoother grey fabric).
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 August 1994.

Before 6 June 2012. Metal-detecting. [4].
The object previously recorded here are now recorded under NHER 59582.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 12 March 2013.