NHER 41645 (Monument) - Undated post alignment on Holme Beach (fish trap VI)

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Summary

During 2005 an alignment of five posts was identified on Holme Beach. It is of a similar form and on a similar alignment to a number of nearby Saxon fish traps (for example NHER 38042, 38043 and 39586) and could be one itself. It may form part of an long alignment with a number of posts located to the southwest (see NHER 38209 and 38210). The site is located within a sensitive and fragile National Nature Reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Natura 2000 site. Holme Beach should be visited with great care not to disturb nesting or wintering birds.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74NW
Civil Parish HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Holme fish trap VI.

April 2005. Holme Beach Archaeological Survey (see NHER 37792).
An alignment of posts orientated northeast to southwest. It comprises five posts embedded in the peat beds; each stood between 0.06m and 0.15m above the surface of the peat. The structure is undated at present. It is of a similar form and on a similar alignment to a number of the nearby Saxon fish traps (for example NHER 38042, 38043 and 39586) and could be one itself. It could form part of a single alignment with HER 38209 and 38210, but this is far from certain.
D. Robertson (NLA), 5 May 2005.

For further information on the Holme Beach walkover and monitoring surveys see final report (S1). The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.321).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Ames, J. and Robertson, D. 2009. The Archaeology of Holme Beach: An Archaeological Monitoring Survey of the Intertidal Zone, 2003-08. NAU Archaeology. 1444.
  • --- Article in Serial: Robertson, D. and Ames, J. 2010. Early medieval inter-tidal fishweirs at Holme Beach, Norfolk. Medieval Archaeology. Vol LIV pp 329-346.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

May 12 2019 12:19AM

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