Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34516 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric, Bronze Age and Roman settlement, The Oaks, Harvey Lane |
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Summary
Excavation in 1999 discovered a pit and ditch which appeared to date to the Roman period, and contained prehistoric worked and burnt flint. In 2000 a further excavation recorded Bronze Age ditches and pits and an alignment of post-holes which is thought to represent a possible building. A series of shallow gullies, pits and an oven were also recorded and dated to the early Roman period, and may have represented a series of small agricultural enclosures.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2544 0875 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1999. Trial Trenching and Watching Brief.
Evaluation in advance of development and monitoring of test pits.
Evidence of possible activity in prehistoric and Roman periods. A pit and ditch were sample excavated in one of the evaluation trenches. The pit produced a little Romano-British pottery, while a small number of worked and burnt flint items of prehistoric date were collected from the ditch. A watching brief on the excavation of geotechnical pits discovered further Romano-British pottery in the same part of the site. These results correspond with antiquarian records of Roman period settlement evidence and Roman and Saxon burials; more recently a rectilinear cropmark has also been discovered to the east of the site (NHER 9686).
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Ruth Fillery-Travis (NLA), 23 April 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 April 2015.
January-February 2000. Excavation.
Excavation on site of new building.
The site proved to be rich in archaeological features that dated to the Middle Bronze Age and the Roman periods. Bronze Age ditches and pits were recorded with an alignment of post-holes possibly representing a building. Roman period activity dating to the 1st century AD was represented by a series of shallow gullies, pits and an oven. The gullies seem to form part of a system of small agricultural enclosures.
See published article (S3) and archive report (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S5).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.424).
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 May 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 April 2015 and 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- BUILDING (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POST HOLE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- STRUCTURE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GRAVE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GULLY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- OVEN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STRUCTURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PLOUGH MARKS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Unknown date)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- HINGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- KEYHOLE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: 2000. LPW-LPY. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Kendall, G. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at The Oaks, Harvey Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 433. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 539. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Trimble, G. 2006. A Bronze Age and Early Romano-British Site at The Oaks, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich: Excavations 1999-2000. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 41-59. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Excavation at 'The Oaks', Harvey Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 584. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 726. |
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| 57973 | Part of: Possible Roman settlement (Monument) |
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