Record Details

NHER Number:41013
Type of record:Monument
Name:Earthwork banks, ditches and mounds

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
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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

  • SHINE

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Unpublished Document: Ringwood, I.. 2003.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Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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

42719Parent of: Earthworks, possible brickworks or salt works (Monument)
42723Parent of: Large cut in side of hill (Monument)
42725Parent of: Medieval pan tile (Find Spot)
42727Parent of: Possible quarry or borrow pit (Monument)
27201Parent of: Post medieval banks (Monument)
27857Parent of: Post medieval ditches (Monument)
42726Parent of: Post medieval roof tile (Find Spot)
42721Parent of: Undated field boundary at Blakeney Eye (Monument)
42722Parent of: Undated mounds and hollows at Blakeney Eye (Monument)

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