NHER 67522 (Monument record) - Post-medieval deposits
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG04SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
September 2021. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated construction of extension to Quay House (NHER 25851).
The excavated footing trenches revealed a sequence of post-medieval deposits, the earliest of which was a thin patch of possible hearth waste that lay directly above the natural chalk. This was overlain by a layer of demolition/construction debris containing mortar and occasional flint cobbles. This was in turn sealed by a layer of silty clay containing charcoal flecks and degraded mussel shells. These deposits were truncated by the footing trenches associated with the adjacent 18th-century house.
Finds were limited to a single post-medieval pottery sherd, two pieces of cattle bone and several oyster shells.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2021.177).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 September 2023. Amended 27 April 2024.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- OYSTER SHELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2024 10:34PM