NHER 37324 (Monument record) - Titchwell Beach
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
February 2000.
Briefly exposed on Titchwell beach, but now covered by sand. Along 100m of beach in a 10cm thick layer of grey clay that underlies 16cm of peat (?Neolithic) which in turn bears the marks of the bottom of plough furrows dating from the 17th century onwards when the marsh was reclaimed for agriculture (the topsoil has gone). The site was inundated mid 20th century and is now a bird reserve.
Footprints of grazing animals exposed in the clay layer.
See (S1).
M. Horlock (NLA), 28 November 2002.
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 571:
An exposure of silt and intercalated peat, measuring approximately 700m east to west and 50m to 250m north to south was recorded. It was located between TF 75045 45245 and TF 75737 45278. The peat is that in which post medieval plough furrows were recorded in 2000.
See assessment report (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 14 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF51292 Photograph: Hailey, R.. 2000. Scanned photographs.
- <S2> SNF55835 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (2)
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- DRAIN PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 21 2019 8:51AM