NHER 51445 (Find Spot record) - Post-medieval pottery

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Summary

A fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2008 recovered a single post-medieval pottery sherd and a fragment of undatable copper wire.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG13NW
Civil Parish BACONSTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 29).
Finds were limited to:
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
1 undatable piece of copper wire.
Some modern ceramic building material fragments and metal objects were observed, but not collected.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2)
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
S. Howard (NLA), 19 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 May 2019.

2009-2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and other groundworks associated with installation of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable.
No archaeologically significant features or deposits recorded and no finds recovered.
Final report awaited. See assessment report (S3) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147. p 146.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2010. An Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief along the route of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. NAU Archaeology. 1808c.
  • WIRE (Unknown date)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2022 11:16AM

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