NHER 61941 (Negative evidence record) - Site with no evidence for archaeologically significant remains

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Summary

In 2014 various groundworks were monitored during the installation of new sewerage pipes along Chequers Lane. Apart from a single small post-medieval pit (NHER 61942) no archaeologically significant remains were observed. It was clear that the construction of the modern road had resulted in at least a degree of truncation to underlying deposits.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM09NW
Civil Parish GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

May-September 2014.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the Great Ellingham sewerage scheme. The monitored excavations included trial holes, drill pits, lateral connections and a single length of open-cut trench, all of which were dug along the line of the road itself.
Only a single archaeologically significant feature was observed – a shallow post-medieval pits identified during the excavation of one of the drill pits (NHER 61941).
In many locations tarmac and hardcore deposits lay directly above the natural geology, suggesting the construction of the modern road had resulted in at least a degree of truncation to the underlying deposits. The least-disturbed area appeared to be the northernmost section of Chequers Lane.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 November 2016.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Green, M. J. 2014. Great Ellingham Sewerage Scheme, Norfolk. Archaeological Monitoring and Excavation Report. Oxford Archaeology East. 1671.

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2016 10:01AM

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