NHER 51471 (Monument record) - ?Prehistoric pits and medieval to post-medieval linear features

The results of a fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey undertaken in March-April 2008 are now recorded under NHER 37457.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2019.

September-November 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable (Trenches 119, 119a and 120).
The northernmost of the three trenches excavated at this location exposed a range of features, all of which appeared to be beneath a subsoil layer thought to represent evidence for medieval open-field agriculture. Two pits containing burnt flints were potentially prehistoric and a nearby east-to-west aligned ditch also produced a notable number of burnt flints, although a single sherd of medieval pottery was also found in this feature. A medieval pottery sherd was also recovered from a large probable palaeochannel.
All three trenches exposed north-west to south-east aligned linear features, the majority of which were probably ditches, although it is also suggested that some might have been furrows associated with medieval agriculture. One of the probable ditches appears to correspond with a former boundary marked on the late 19th-century 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.

2009-2010. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping and other groundworks associated with installation of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection cable.
It appears that no additional remains were observed during this phase of work. No finds were recovered.
Final report awaited. See assessment report (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 21 March 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.