NHER 60795 (Monument record) - Post-medieval linear features and undated pits

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Summary

In 2003 three trenches were excavated along the route of the A11 Attleborough Bypass Improvement Scheme. Features identified included several undated possible pits and a number of post-medieval linear features. The latter are presumable associated with the medieval to post-medieval cropmark features previously identified in this area (NHER 20028). Finds were limited to a prehistoric flint blade and a small assemblage of post-medieval objects.

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Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March-June 2003. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment for Stage 2 Environmental Assessment of A11 Attleborough Bypass Improvement Scheme.
See report (S1) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2015.

September-October 2003. Trial Trenching.
Three trenches excavated on route of A11 Attleborough Bypass Improvement Scheme (Trenches 8-10), these placed to investigate the possible location of an undated former road (NHER 20028) possible associated with Attleborough Hall.
Several ditches and a gully of probable post-medieval date were identified in one of the trenches. Another of the trenches exposed four possible pits and several features that following excavation were deemed to be natural. A single flint blade of possible Neolithic date was the only find recovered from the pits.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 39690.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.575).
P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2015. Amended 17 May 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF53441 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2003. A11 Attleborough Bypass Improvement. A Desktop Assessment for a Stage 2 Environmental Assessment. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 832.
<S2> SNF54667 Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2003. An Archaeological Evaluation associated with the A11 Attleborough Bypass Scheme. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 868.
<S3> SNF81947 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 574.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (6)

BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 17 2019 11:18PM