NHER 37340 (Find Spot record) - Post-medieval and modern finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
August 2002. Excavation.
Undertaken as part of a summer holiday activity programme for children organised by Broadland District Council. Contexts 1-5.
Revealed an extensive layer of chalk with flints; probably a deliberately lain levelling deposit.
No other archaeologically significant features or deposits.
Finds predominantly modern, although a small number of post-medieval pottery sherds and clay tobacco pipe fragments were also recovered.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2024.222).
M. Horlock (NAU), 19 August 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 May 2015 and 20 October 2024.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF51209 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Excavation at The Green, Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 739.
- <S2> SNF82149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 383.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOBACCO PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 20 2024 6:38PM