NHER 33958 (Monument) - Post medieval and undated ditches, Prehistoric flints, and Middle Saxon to post medieval ceramic objects

January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 7.2).
An Early Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead was recovered from the northern edge of this field. Other prehistoric finds include a borer and prehistoric flakes and pot boilers. Saxon to post medieval pottery sherds, medieval tile, and post medieval metalwork including a coin, a buckle, and a casket key were also recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 21 April 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.

November 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Additional field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 7.2; Site 1).
Fieldwalking could only be completed for a distance of 140m at the northern end of the field.
One struck flint flake, 6 burnt flints, four unglazed sherds and one glazed sherd of medieval pottery, three sherds of post medieval pottery, and four fragments of post medieval ceramic building material were recovered. The medieval pottery was identified as primarily 13th to 14th century local unglazed wares and was concentrated at the southern end of the area walked.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
E. Rose (NLA), November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.

March-May 1999. Excavation.
Excavation on route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Site 1N).
Excavation at the southern end of this field recorded a north-south ditch which corresponds with a field boundary and has been dated to the post medieval period. Shotgun cartridges were recovered from its fill, and the landowner informed excavators that a hedge was removed in the 1970s. An undated east-west ditch was also recorded and a single flint blade was recovered from the fill.
The excavation continued into the adjacent field, RDX 7.3, where a Middle to Late Bronze Age circular structure was recorded. See NHER 33959 for further details.
See publication draft (S4) and assessment report (S5) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 4 June 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.