Record Details
| NHER Number: | 37647 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Saxon occupation evidence and post medieval features |
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Summary
Evaluation trenches were cut in 2003 which identified the earlier course of Well Creek. Amongst the finds was a fragment of an Early Saxon bone comb. Analysis of soil samples indicated the presence of domestic rubbish.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 51348 03709 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF50SW |
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| Parish: | OUTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2003. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Contexts 1-54 used.
This work dentified an earlier course of Well Creek containing deposits from which Early Saxon pottery and a fragment of Early Saxon bone comb were retrieved. An environmental sample from the Early Saxon layer recovered domestic hearth waste including charred cereals, egg shell, fish bone and crustacean fragments.
Post-medieval pits, evidence of post medieval dumping and remians of a post medieval brick structure were also identified.
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 : 2006.613).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 October 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2015 and 5 May 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRUCTURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COMB (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- EGG SHELL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- FISH REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Hall, R. V. 2003. Archaeological Evaluation on Land North of the Post Office, Church Terrace, Outwell, Norfolk. Archaeological Project Services. 25/03. |
| <S2> | 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 585. |
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