Record Details
| NHER Number: | 37651 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age flint concentrations, post medieval finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 2003 located significant prehistoric flint tool and flake scatters, most probably Late Bronze Age, as well as prehistoric burnt flint and post medieval tile and pottery. Evaluation of the area in 2011 recorded Bronze Age and post medieval activity, but also a significant amount of Roman activity to the south of the area, which has been recorded separately as NHER 57922.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 21501 02525 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 2002. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of proposed mineral extraction area.
Remains of Roman date may extend across the assessment area, particularly given the proximity of a possible temple site immediately to the east (NHER 9743). For the medieval period there is little to suggest that Mangreen was anything but small and marginal, despite its perceived importance.
See (S1) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 7 January 2009.
January 2003. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetic susceptibility survey followed by detailed magnetometry in two targeted areas (Areas 7-8).
Most of the area surveyed appeared to contain anomalies associated with recent agricultural activity. In two areas broad cut features were identified which may be of archaeological interest.
See report (S2) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 7 January 2009.
January 2003. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed mineral extraction area (Area 3). From context 1.
Significant prehistoric flint tool and flake scatters, most probably Late Bronze Age.
Also prehistoric burnt flint and post medieval tile and pottery.
See report (S3) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S4).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2007.306).
J. Allen (NLA), 22 January 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2015 and 5 May 2019.
August-October 2011. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed aggregate extraction area (Field 2; Trenches 19-32).
Field systems and probable settlement activity from the late Bronze Age to the medieval period were revealed, with the majority of activity to the south occurring during the Roman period, which has been recorded separately as NHER 57922.
See report (S5) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S6).
See NHER 37650 and NHER 57922 for results of work in Fields 1 and 3-5.
E. Bales (HES), 6 July 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2015.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- END SCRAPER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- GUNFLINT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- POINT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
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| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Prosser, L. 2002. Land at Mangreen Hall Farm, Swardeston, Norfolk. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust. 1171. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Mercer, E. 2003. A Report for Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust on a Geophysical Survey carried out at Mangreen Farm, Swardeston, Norfolk. Stratascan. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Grant, J., Rowlandson, I. and Sutherland, M. 2003. Land at Mangreen Hall Farm, Swardeston, Norfolk. An Archaeological Field Survey. Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust. 1255. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 586. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: McNicoll-Norbury, J. and McNicol, D. 2012. Mangreen Quarry, Swardeston, Norfolk. Archaeological Evaluation. Headland Archaeology. MQSN11. |
| <S6> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. 2012. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2011. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt III pp 421-428. p 428. |
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