NHER 39797 (Monument record) - Roman ditches and field system, Bishy Barnabee Way: Phase 2
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NE |
|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical | BOWTHORPE, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2003. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site of proposed residential development.
Archaeological features were recorded in six of the thirty-one trial trenches excavated.
Roman ditches, probably representing a ditched field system, were recorded in Trenches 29 and 30, whilst a single pit of Early Iron Age date was recorded in Trench 31. Some undated pits and ditches were also recorded.
See report (S1) 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 : 2018.190).
A. Cattermole (NLA) 7 September 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 April 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF54296 Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2003. An Archaeological Evaluation at Bowthorpe, Land off Bishy Barnabee Way (TS2B, TS3 & TS4). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 892.
- <S2> SNF81947 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 576.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- PIT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Object Types (23)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- AWL (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- BORER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- DEBITAGE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- DENTICULATE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- END SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- NOTCHED BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- STAPLE (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CASKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2019 9:03AM