NHER 53090 (Monument record) - Prehistoric features and Early Iron Age finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALVERGATE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 2009. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Early Iron Age pottery was recovered from a thick silt layer sealing what could be earlier prehistoric features including a pit or post-hole and beam slot. It is possible that this layer of silt may have resulted from the site being underwater or subject to repeated flooding during the Roman period and at times during the medieval period. This zone is currently located on the edge of an extensive stretch of marshland and would have been at the edge of a tidal estuary during the Roman period. The low density of finds suggests that this is not a site of intense activity. Animal bone was recovered from the surface and could represent an archaeological deposit dating to the Saxon or medieval period when the land was drier.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.295).
S. Howard (NLA), 7 April 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2019.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF73653 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hodges, L. and Westall, S. 2010. An Archaeological Evaluation at land off Church Avenue, Halvergate, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 2248.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)
- BEAM SLOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT? (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE? (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- OCCUPATION LAYER (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Object Types (7)
- POT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD?)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1399 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 20 2019 10:25AM