NHER 34565 (Monument record) - Undated hollow way and post-hole and post-medieval or modern gully

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Summary

Nine evaluation trenches were excavated here in 1999. These exposed the remains of an infilled hollow way of unknown date, an undated post-hole and a post-medieval or modern gully. The hollow way is also visible as an earthwork on an aerial photograph of the area taken in 1993 and had previously been observed in a trench excavated to the south (NHER 9315). Finds from the excavation were limited to two Neolithic flints recovered from a spoil heap.

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Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NORFOLK
Ecclesiastical	BOWTHORPE, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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May-July 1999. Trial Trenching.
Excavation of nine trenches (Trench 23-28, 37 and 39).
Two of the trenches revealed sections of an infilled hollow way. This feature cut through riverine alluvium and was partially filled with a band of crushed chalk make up. This route way is shown on Faden's map of 1797 (S1) and had been identified to the south of this site in a trench excavated in 1965 (NHER 9315). No dating evidence was recovered.
An undated posthole, a gully of probable post-medieval or modern date and a natural features were the only other features present in these trenches. Two Neolithic worked flints were recovered from a spoil heap.
See reports (S2) and (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.253).
E. Rose (NLA) 29 June 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 March 2013 and 5 December 2022.

February 2001. Aerial photography interpretation.
Line of hollow way (as predicted through excavation 1999) appears to be in evidence on the photographs. Seen as a slight earthwork (narrow lane/ditch) and quite faint.
(Also due to flooding of River Yare part of area is underwater).
Information from (S5).
H. Clare (NLA), 20 February 2001.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2> SNF90867 Unpublished Contractor Report: Percival, J. 1999. Interim Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Dodderman Way, Bowthorpe, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
<S3> SNF90868 Unpublished Contractor Report: Percival, J. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Dodderman Way, Bowthorpe, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 436.
<S4> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 531.
<S5> SNF49126 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TG 1708W,X.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (2)

BLADE CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2022 11:49AM