NHER 65879 (Monument record) - Undated ditches and pits

October 2017-March 2018. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Areas F85 and F86).
This survey identified various linear anomalies, although the majority correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Colby tithe map (S1). The exceptions include an adjacent pair of north-north-east to south-south-west aligned linear anomalies at the northern end of the field and a short north-east to south-west aligned anomaly in the southern half of the site.
There was no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with a number of linear cropmarks now mapped at this location. These include north-north-west to south-south-east aligned cropmarks crossing the central part of the site that are likely to represent a former trackway (NHER 67029), a single north-to-south aligned cropmark in the same area (recorded separately as NHER 67030) and a pair of north-north-west to south-south-east aligned cropmark in the south-west corner of the field (part of an extensive group of undated but potentially Late Iron Age to Roman features recorded as NHER 67066).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 September 2024.

Evaluation of site on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Area F124; Trenches 103-106).
A total of four widely dispersed trenches were excavated at this location. The northernmost two trenches were positioned to coincide with the adjacent north-north-east to south-south-west aligned linear anomalies identified by the preceding geophysical survey – both of which were shown to have corresponding ditches. These features were though undated, as were a number of other ditches and a pit revealed by these two trenches. The one exception was a west-north-west to south-south-east aligned ditch that corresponds with a former field boundary shown on the Colby tithe map (S1). A trench to the south encountered another ditch associated with a boundary on this map, along with a number of other, similarly-aligned ditches and a pit. None of the features in this trench produced any dating evidence.
A trench dug in the south-west corner of the field revealed three ditches, one of which was probably associated with a north-north-west to south-south-east aligned cropmark now mapped at this location (part of an extensive group of undated but potentially Late Iron Age to Roman features recorded as NHER 67066). This produced no dating evidence. A single sherd of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery found in an adjacent north-to-south aligned ditch was the only find recovered at this site.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 September 2024.