NHER 60514 (Monument record) - Medieval ditches and extractive pits at Hillcrest
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March-September 2013. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with construction of residential dwelling and detached garage.
A medieval boundary ditch was revealed in the south-east corner of the site and may be the original medieval boundary to the plots now defined by Greenacres and Hillcrest. The excavation of the footprint of the house revealed 23 pits of varying shapes and sizes which can be attributed to medieval clay extraction. A stone-packed oval pit may be part of a former post-pit. Finds from the site included a Roman brick, several late post-medieval buttons and an 18th century crotal bell.
See report (S1) for further information.
A. Cattermole (HES), 7 October 2014.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Object Types (10)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 10 2015 8:49PM