NHER 64622 (Negative evidence record) - Site where geophysical survey identified no evidence for archaeologically-significant remains

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Summary

A geophysical survey of this site undertaken in 2019 identified no responses of clear archaeological significance. The only anomalies of note correspond with a former field boundary and an infilled pond shown on 19th-century maps.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG10SW
Civil Parish	HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September-October 2019. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development area (Area 12).
This survey revealed no anomalies of obvious archaeological significance.
A discrete area of magnetic disturbance at the northern edge of the field coincides with a former pond shown on the Hettersett tithe map of 1846 (S1).
A single north-to-south aligned linear anomaly crossing the centre of the site corresponds with a 19th-century former field boundary shown on the Ordnance Survey Six-inch First Edition map (S2).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 February 2021.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF61299 Map: Drane, W.. 1846. Hethersett Tithe Map.
<S2> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. Norfolk LXXIV.NE (Surveyed 1881-1882, Published 1887).

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Record last edited

Feb 12 2021 3:30AM