Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10705 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age causeway |
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Summary
In 1958 a number of pointed stakes were recovered during the construction of an electricity pylon. These are thought to be the remains of a causeway across the marsh, and may be Bronze Age in date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4390 9940 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NW |
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| Parish: | THURLTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1958. In digging foundations for tower 40 for electric power line.
Pointed stakes were found, probably remains of causeway across marsh.
Peat occurred at from 8ft-10ft (2.4m - 3m) below surface possibly Bronze Age date.
See (S1) and further details in file.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- CAUSEWAY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- PILE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Associated Finds
- WORKED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 49 NW 10. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Thorpe next Haddiscoe. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Green, C. 1961. Broadland Fords and Causeways. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 316-331. p 330. |
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