NHER 62684 (Monument record) - Post-medieval/modern ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 2012. Trial Trench and Auger Survey.
Excavation of single trench on site of proposed new electricity pylon tower (Trench 7).
A 1.5m wide, east-to-west aligned field boundary ditch was observed in this trench. Pottery of 19th- or 20th-century date was recovered from this feature. No other archaeologically significant features or deposits were observed.
Hand augering produced similar results to those of a geotechnical borehole drilled nearby (Borehole 12). A stiff brown mottled orange clay lay below the topsoil, beneath which a 2m thick layer of brown amorphous peat was encountered (at a depth of 1m below ground level). This peat deposit lay above a presumably Flandrian deposit of soft grey and brown slightly sandy clay with pockets of peat that in turn sealed deposits of sand, gravelly clay and dense sandy gravel. The Kimmeridge Clay bedrock was encountered at the base of the sequence.
Information from report uploaded to OASIS, HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 April 2018.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 20 2018 10:27AM