NHER 65206 (Monument record) - Middle Saxon ditch

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area F29).
This survey identified no potentially archaeologically-significant anomalies.
Although a band of discrete anomalies were recorded in the northern half of the site these are thought to be geological in origin.
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).
There was no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with a number of cropmarks previously mapped at this location (part of a group of undated features recorded as NHER 53683).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2022.

July-October 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area 36 (west); Trenches 402-411).
The 10 trenches excavated at this location revealed only a single feature – a north-to-south aligned ditch in the north-west corner of the field. This was though of some interest as it contained a small assemblage of Middle Saxon pottery, along with fragments of animal bone and several iron nails. The presence of this material is particularly notable given the site’s proximity to St Andrew’s Church (NHER 7823), providing evidence that it was built on or near an area of Middle Saxon settlement.
As with the preceding geophysical survey there was no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with a number of fragmentary cropmarks mapped at this location (part of a group of undated features recorded as NHER 53683).
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.131).
P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2022. Amended 8 December 2022.