Record Details

NHER Number:37157
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible medieval linear features, medieval pottery sherds, Springwell Road

Summary

An archaeological evaluation carried out in 2002 recorded two linear features which are thought to be drainage channels or boundary ditches. They may date to the medieval period, as a number of early medieval pottery sherds were recovered from one of them.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9194 2359
Map Sheet:TF92SW
Parish:WHISSONSETT, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

June 2002. NAU evaluation.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 1-9.
Two linear features, probably drainage channels or boundary ditches.
Early medieval pottery in one of the features.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 21 August 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2015.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Springwell Road, Whissonsett, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 708.
<S2>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 384.

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