NHER 29618 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and post medieval pot

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Summary

Fieldwalking in advance of the Brockdish to Needham bypass recovered prehistoric worked flints and pieces of post medieval pot.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM28SW
Civil Parish NEEDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 1992-December 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Field survey on proposed route of bypass (Field 0005):
2 prehistoric flint flakes.
Post-medieval pottery sherds.
See report (S1) and plans and lists in file for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.178).
E. Rose (NLA), 31 March 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015 and 5 December 2022.

March-May 1995. Watching Brief.
A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass.
Observation and metal-detecting of stripped surface.
No archaeologically-significant features observed and no finds recovered.
See report (S3) for further information and NHER 31423 for details of unstratified metal objects recovered from relocated topsoil being used to form banks at unspecified locations along the bypass route. This work is also noted in (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.333).
P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015. Amended 16 December 2022.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1993. Report of Fieldwork on the A143 Brockdish-Needham Bypass 1992. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 14.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. p 117.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 1995. Report on Watching Brief on the Brockdish - Needham Bypass. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 134.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 398.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 16 2022 12:20PM

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