NHER 67122 (Monument record) - ?Post-medieval ditch and undated pit

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Summary

Trial trenching at this site in 2013 revealed only two features - an east-to-west aligned ditch containing fragments of what was probably post-medieval ceramic building material and a pit with charcoal-rich fills. The latter produced no finds but is also thought to have been of relatively recent date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41NE
Civil Parish HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

August 2013. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
The three trenches excavated revealed a ditch and a single pit. The ditch was an east-to-west aligned feature recorded in the westernmost trench that contained fragments of undiagnostic but probably post-medieval ceramic building material. It was not observed in the other trenches (which lay on its projected line). The pit was a small feature in the easternmost trench with charcoal-rich fills but no evidence for in situ burning. It produced no finds but is also thought to have been of relatively recent date.
Unstratified finds were limited to a rolled prehistoric flint flake, post-medieval brick fragments and an undatable fragment of metal-working debris.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.202).
P. Watkins (HES), 19 June 2023. Amended 24 August 2025.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Page, N. and Bown, J. 2013. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land to the South of Newport Road, Hemsby, Norfolk. NPS Archaeology. 2013/1122.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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Record last edited

Aug 24 2025 2:36PM

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