NHER 68882 (Find Spot record) - Potentially prehistoric linear feature and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
April-May 2017. Test Pit.
Excavation of test pit as part of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust's 'Imagined Land' project - a community archaeology project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (Test Pit 12).
This test pit encountered a firm natural clay deposit at a depth of 0.5m and exposed a north-to-south ditch or gully. The fill of this feature had occasional flecks of charcoal and burnt clay and produced two small abraded grog-tempered pottery sherds of likely prehistoric date.
Unstratified finds recovered included:
13 undatable burnt flint.
2 ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint flakes.
Late Neolithic/Bronze Age notched flake, possible burin, broken pebble used as adhoc scraper and burnt flake.
6 post-medieval/modern brick fragments and 2 ?roof tile fragments.
A non systematic metal-detecting survey of the surrounding playing field by the students recovered:
1 post-medieval coin and a buckle.
World War Two bullet (.50 cal).
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 January 2025.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF102874 Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2017. A Community Archaeological Test-Pitting Project at Tasburgh, Norfolk. Part of the Imagined Land Project. Norvic Archaeology. 103.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC? to 1501 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
Object Types (13)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- BURIN (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 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)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
- BRICK (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
- BULLET (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 22 2025 1:49AM