NHER 50556 (Monument record) - Prehistoric ditch and pits

July-September 2007. Excavation.
Excavation on route of Colney Yare Valley Pipeline.
A pit containing a large quantity of Late Bronze Age pottery, worked flint, and heat affected flint was identified. A second pit contained sherds of prehistoric pottery. A probable north-south aligned prehistoric boundary ditch was recorded to the southwest of the pits. A small quantity of prehistoric pottery and a larger assemblage of prehistoric worked flint was recovered from the fill. Two probable tree throws were recorded adjacent to the pits.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
H. White (NLA), 22 June 2009.

July 2007. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the installation of the Colney Yare Valley Pipeline (Fields 1 and 2).
A group of three pits was recorded immediately to the west of the excavated area (Field 1), one of which produced abraded fragments of prehistoric pottery, iron slag and a significant number of burnt stones and heat-affected flints. The other two pits were undated, although the larger of these was also found to contain iron slag and a similarly high density of burnt flints and stones. These pits suggest that iron production was taking place in the vicnity of this site.
A fourth pit was identified at the western of edge of the field to the east of the excavated area (Field 2). This small feature had a very dark charcoal-rich fill that contained frequent heat-affected flints and fragments of probable Late Bronze Age pottery.
Unstratified finds recovered in this area included a small assemblage of worked flints that are predominantly of probable Bronze Age date (although a few piece potentially associated with a Mesolithic/Early Neolithic blade-based industry are also present). A range of predominantly post-medieval or modern metal objects were also recovered.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
Previously recorded under NHER 50484.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 August 2015.

A combined archive comprising material from both phases of archaeological work at this site has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.310).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 June 2019.