NHER 37134 (Monument record) - Probable Roman settlement at Beach Road

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Summary

In 2002 archaeological investigations ahead of the construction of an outdoor riding school uncovered evidence for a probable Roman settlement. Roman pottery and building material gathered from the topsoil and subsoil suggests that there was a settlement on the site or close by during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. A deposit containing Roman pottery, metalworking debris and other material may have been a dump or, as part of it filled a possible post hole or beam slot, material located within a building.

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Location

Map sheet	TF64SE
Civil Parish	HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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April 2002. Watching Brief and Strip Map and Sample Excavation.
A watching brief/strip and excavate project was undertaken on an area being prepared for an outdoor riding school. Topsoil and subsoil left on the surface masked any features that may have been present.
A possible structural feature or dump of Roman date was identified in the section of a drainage trench.
In addition, finds from the stripped surface and field surface suggest the presence of a nearby late 2nd to early 3rd century AD settlement.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.182 and NWHCM : 2018.276).
M. Horlock (NLA), 20 May 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 April 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51047 Unpublished Contractor Report: Tremlett, S. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief/Strip and Excavate at Beach Road, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 714.
<S2> SNF82149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 373.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (9)

NAIL (Unknown date)
QUERN (Unknown date)
AMPHORA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BOTTLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HEARTHSTONE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Holme next the Sea (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 10 2019 3:26PM