NHER 34022 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint flakes and post medieval ceramic material, Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline project

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal detecting along the route of the Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline recovered prehistoric worked flint flakes, a medieval mount, and post medieval pottery and building material.

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Map sheet	TG41NE
Civil Parish	HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 29.10).
Eight Prehistoric flints including flakes and retouched flakes were recovered along with a reused medieval gilded mount, a sherd of post medieval pottery and 7 fragments of post medieval ceramic building material.
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.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF64324 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 29.10.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 24 2025 8:05AM