NHER 29429 (Monument record) - Romano-British settlement/metal working site

1992-93. Found with metal detector. Site [1] part of [2].
Iron Age terrets (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5), axes, manacles, tyre and griddle. (NCM)
Roman brooches.
Medieval lock.
Road suggested across field.
See lists and site plan (S6) in file.
The Iron Age items are now in the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1993.204).
W. Milligan (NCM) 10 February 1993.

1994. Metal detecting.
Icenian coin. (See list in file - identified by J. A. Davies (NCM)).
Roman tiny greyware sherd.
W. Milligan (NCM) 6 December 1994.

1995. Geophysical Survey, Metal-detecting Survey and Excavation.
Archaeological fieldwork carried out to investigate the context of a group of significant late Iron Age/early Roman finds which includes five terrets. The work was funded by English Heritage. Remote sensing suggested the presence of pits and a circular enclosure. These were located successfully by trial trenching, while other curvilinear gullies were also found. One very large pit contained quantities of organic and burnt material. Pottery of mid late 1st century AD date was recovered from the most of the excavated features, and debris from both ferrous and non-ferrous metalworking was recovered.
See published report (S7) for further details. The results of this work are summarised in (S8). See (S9) for results of analysis of metalworking debris.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.460).
D. Gurney, 3 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 January 2017 and April 2019.

2 February 1995. NLA aerial photography.
Excavations in progress.
M. Brennand (NLA) 23 April 2001.