NHER 33965 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints, medieval pottery sherds and medieval/post medieval weights, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project

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Summary

In 1997 prehistoric flint flakes, pot boilers, medieval and post medieval pottery and tile and a medieval to post medieval lead weight were found during fieldwalking and metal detecting. The work was carried out along the line of the Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SE
Civil Parish WALCOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Former Civil Parish xHAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 8.4).
Prehistoric flint flakes, pot boilers, two medieval sherds and one tile fragment, and a post medieval sherd were recovered during fieldwalking. Metal detecting yielded a medieval to early post medieval trade weight along with several undated copper alloy items and lead scrap.
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).
E. Rose (NLA) November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 8.4.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2019 10:10PM

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