NHER 34694 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and Roman finds in Brundall Gardens

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Summary

During an evaluation excavation some prehistoric flints were found, and a fragment of Roman pottery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NW
Civil Parish BRUNDALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October 1999. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation excavation.
Ground mostly disturbed by 19th/20th century garden construction and demolition.
One Roman sherd and some flints were residual.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose, (NLA) 5 January 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 April 2015.

Area known as Brundall gardens, area of land bought by Dr Michael Beverly in 1881. The site is believed to have been occupied in Roman times and several Roman finds have been found in the north-east corner of the site.
During the Second World War an area of Brundall Gardens was used as a canteen area by the Royal Artillery from Redclyffe.
Information from (S3).
L. Allison (NLA), 4 August 2010.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Brennand, M. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Brundall Gardens, Brundall. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 463.
  • <S2> 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 523.
  • <S3> Monograph: Brundall Local History Group. 2007. The Book of Brundall and Braydeston.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 7 2024 10:31AM

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