NHER 40378 (Monument record) - Post medieval drains and possible Roman pit
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DOWNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2004. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site at rear of 95 Lynn Road. Contexts 1 to 8.
Revealed a natural water channel running downhill across the site with several post medieval drains crossing it. One fragment of abraded Roman pottery was recovered from a possible shallow pit.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.183).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 9 November 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF54780 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2004. An Archaeological Evaluation on Land to the rear of 95 Lynn Road, Downham Market, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 977.
- <S2> SNF81937 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2005. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 751-763. p 754.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 21 2019 8:37PM