NHER 36221 (Monument record) - Roman features and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August 2001. Trial Trench.
Single trench excavated on proposed extension to residential dwelling. Contexts 1 to 26.
Revealed several Roman features that were probably plot boundaries as well as postholes and pits.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 5 October 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2015.
October 2001. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks for extension to residential dwelling.
Three possible ditches were observed and a sample excavated in a trench to the south of the site. A possible pit was observed and a sample excavated in a trench to the north. No finds were recovered from the site.
See report (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.109).
D. Gurney (NLA), 17 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2015 and 21 June 2019.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF49499 Unpublished Contractor Report: Masefield, R. 2001. 8 Pirnhow Street, Ditchingham. An Archaeological Evaluation. RPS Consultants.
- <S2> SNF82150 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2002. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 162-177. p 166.
- <S3> SNF50863 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at No. 8 Pirnhow Street, Ditchingham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 650.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
Object Types (6)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LOOMWEIGHT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 21 2019 5:29PM