Record Details
NHER Number: | 41013 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Earthwork banks, ditches and mounds |
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Summary
In 2004 the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey observed a series of mounds and hollows, which may relate to salt working or brick production, along with a number of sea defence or land reclamation banks and ditches and several quarries.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 03666 44545 |
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Map Sheet: | TG04SW |
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Parish: | BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land based fieldwork phase of the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey.
Area A71; grazing marsh, drainage channels and reed beds.
Features observed included a series of mounds and hollows, possibly used for salt working or brick making. The area is labelled 'Brick Marsh' on a map of 1769, see (S1). A number of ditches and banks relate to drainage and land reclamation, or possibly ridge and furrow.
Area A72; known locally as 'Friary Hills', undulating grass and scrub.
Several possible quarries, and pieces and medieval and post medieval roof tile were found.
See assessment report (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
Sarah Spooner (NLA), 5 October 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Unpublished Document: Ringwood, I.. 2003. NSCS 3 - Norfolk and Suffolk Coastal Survey - Documentary Evidence - Norfolk. |
<S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
<S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2005. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 751-763. p 758. |
Related records
42719 | Parent of: Earthworks, possible brickworks or salt works (Monument) |
42723 | Parent of: Large cut in side of hill (Monument) |
42725 | Parent of: Medieval pan tile (Find Spot) |
42727 | Parent of: Possible quarry or borrow pit (Monument) |
27201 | Parent of: Post medieval banks (Monument) |
27857 | Parent of: Post medieval ditches (Monument) |
42726 | Parent of: Post medieval roof tile (Find Spot) |
42721 | Parent of: Undated field boundary at Blakeney Eye (Monument) |
42722 | Parent of: Undated mounds and hollows at Blakeney Eye (Monument) |
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