NHER 65181 (Monument record) - Undated and post-medieval to modern features

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area F3).
This survey identified a number of potentially archaeologically-significant responses. These include an ‘L’-shaped positive ditch-like linear anomaly at TG 0623 1366 that potentially represents the corner of a small enclosure.
A small discrete area of magnetic enhancement to the north (at TG 0621 1378) may represent the remains of a kiln or an area of burning. Various other discrete anomalies in this part of the site may represent pit-type features.
An east-to-west aligned linear anomaly at the northern end of the site corresponds with a former field boundary depicted on the Hockering Tithe map of 1838 (S1).
Areas of magnetic disturbance around the margins of the site and scattered discrete dipolar anomalies were probably caused by ferrous material in the topsoil (most likely modern debris).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2022.

July-October 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area 4; Trenches 13-18).
Although archaeological features were recorded in the majority of the six trenches excavated at this location these were of limited significance.
One trench revealed a single small pit and an area of what appeared to be modern disturbance close to the cluster of discrete anomalies recorded by the preceding geophysical survey. A sample taken from the fill of the pit was found to contain abundant charcoal, along with charred seeds and fragments of coal and ceramic building material. The only other discrete feature of note was an undated pit to the south that also had a charcoal-rich fill. A sample from this feature was found to contain abundant charcoal and small amounts of ceramic building material.
Although a small number of undated ditches were recorded none coincided with the possible enclosure recorded by the geophysical survey. A 19th-century button found in a ditch at the southern end of the site was the only object recovered during the work at this site.
See report (S2) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.131).
P. Watkins (HES), 11 April 2022. Amended 8 December 2022.