NHER 37631 (Monument record) - Multi-period features and finds on the Bacton to King's Lynn Transco Pipeline

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Summary

Investigations between 2002 and 2003 during pipe laying works revealed Neolithic or Iron Age pits and a ditch, probable medieval field boundary ditches and medieval pits, a hearth and lines of post holes. Finds recovered included a Mesolithic and a Neolithic flint blade, together with fragments of Neolithic, Iron Age, Medieval and post medieval pottery.

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Map sheet	TG23SE
Civil Parish	NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn Transco pipeline. Construction section 47, plot number 34.
Geophysical survey identified a possible occupation site consisting of a cluster of pit-like anomalies and/or areas of burning associated with a particularly high susceptibility reading.

Fieldwalking recovered burnt flints, a worked flint; Roman medieval and post medieval pottery; medieval and post medieval building material; and post medieval bottle glass and a rumbler bell.
See (S1) and (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 8 August 2007.

March - August 2003. Excavation. Bacton to King's Lynn Pipeline.
Excavation revealed Neolithic or Iron Age pits and a ditch.
A rectilinear pattern of possibly medieval ditches is likely to be the remains of a field system.
Medieval features include a narrow ditch associated with a large concentration of pits, a hearth, and two lines of post holes, and late medieval ditches and a number of large pits.
See (S3).
J. Allen (NLA), 25 August 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF65234 Unpublished Contractor Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2003. Fluxgate Gradiometer and Magnetic Susceptibility Surveys: Bacton to King's Lynn Gas Pipeline. Pre-Construct Geophysics.
<S2> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
<S3> SNF54123 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2004. Bacton to King's Lynn Natural Gas Pipeline. Post-Excavation Assessment of Potential for Analysis and Updated Project Design. Network Archaeology. pp 72-74.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (19)

Object Types (25)

BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
CRESTED BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
DEBITAGE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 3000 BC to 401 BC)
NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 3000 BC to 401 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
CHARCOAL (Unknown date)
SAMPLE (Unknown date)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
XFIRED CLAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
XFIRED CLAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)