NHER 51474 (Find Spot) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

A fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2008 recovered prehistoric worked flints; medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and a small number of post-medieval metal objects.

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Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 52).
Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint backed knife, 1 end scraper, 1 scraper and 1 flake.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval sherd, 1 copper alloy fork and 1 copper alloy button.
2 undatable metal-working debris fragments.
'Lots' of modern items were also observed but not collected, including metal objects and ceramic building material fragments.
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), 23 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2019.

The results of trial trenching in 2008 and a watching brief maintained during subsequent groundworks in 2009/2010 are now recorded under NHER 63450.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008.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> SNF81775 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.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (8)

END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FORK (UTENSIL) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2019 2:27PM