NHER 68665 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval to post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM NORTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 2018. Test Pitting and Metal-detecting.
Fieldwork undertaken as part of Heritage Lottery Funded (HLF) Imagined Land Project saw the excavation of a single test pit in the rear garden of Friar’s Acre on Friar’s Lane (TP 3). A metal-detecting survey of the garden was undertaken at the same time.
The test pit revealed layers of modern make-up associated with the construction of the current house, which sealed a deep layer of waterlogged colluvial silty subsoil. Auger testing revealed the presence of a dense yellowish silty clay at a depth of c.1.57 below the ground surface.
Finds recovered included:
1 undatable pieces of iron slag, 2 burnt flints, 1 fragment of fired clay, 13 pieces of animal bone, 4 oyster shells and 3 cockle shells.
1 Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint blade segment.
1 Late Neolithic/Bronze Age ?retouched flint flake, 2 flakes and 2 chips.
1 ?medieval brick fragment.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
The metal-detecting survey recovered only a post-medieval thimble.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2024.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF102800 Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2019. A Community Archaeological Test-Pitting Project at Burnham Norton, Norfolk. Norvic Archaeology. 120.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (13)
- BLADE (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Unknown date)
- OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
- SLAG (Unknown date)
- XFIRED CLAY (Unknown date)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1567 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 17 2024 5:13PM