NHER 53041 (Monument record) - Prehistoric and post-medieval finds, rectilinear enclosure and field boundaries

May 2008. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of proposed aggregate extraction area (Phase B).
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 August 2015.

June-July 2008. Geophysical Survey.
Magenetometry survey of proposed aggregate extraction area (Area 2).
Former field boundaries pre-dating the 6 inch 1st edition ordnance survey map (1879-1886) were revealed. Some dipolar anomalies are similar to that of features that have been heated to a high temperature such as kilns. In the south-western area of the site a rectilinear enclosure was identified.
See report (S2) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 13 September 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 August 2015.

September 2008-March 2009. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed aggregate extraction area (Area B).
Finds recovered comprised:
20 fragments of worked flint including a piercer, parts of four blades and four scrapers;
55 fragments of burnt flint;
One sherd of Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age pottery;
One sherd of post-medieval pottery;
One fragment of a post-medieval peg tile.
No significant metal objects were recovered.
See report (S3) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 16 September 2009.

November-December 2010. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed aggregate extraction area (Area 2; Trenches 24-36).
The excavation revealed a number of undated features which are probably the remains of a Late Iron Age or Early Roman field system. This likely forms part of the same agricultural landscape investigated at Honeypots Plantation (NHER 36218). Part of the system of ditches may include a trackway that leads across the southern area of the site. There was little dating evidence with only six sherds of Early Roman grog-tempered pottery recovered from a small pit and isolated posthole.
See report (S4) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 6 February 2012.

November 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The features described above were not visible on the available aerial photographs of the area, however it is worth noting that damage to the archaeological surface by ploughing was noted in many of the evaluation trenches (S4).
E. Ford (NMP), 20 November 2012.

August 2012. Watching Brief.
Details awaited.

October 2012. Watching Brief.
Details awaited.

March 2013. Watching Brief.
Details awaited.

June 2013. Watching Brief.
Details awaited.