Record Details
| NHER Number: | 44708 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Middle to Late Saxon settlement at North View Drive |
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Summary
An excavation in June 2005 demonstrated that the Middle to Late Saxon settlement recorded to the south at Church Close in 2005 (NHER 40453) extends into this area. The earliest features were ditches dating to the Middle Saxon period (AD 650-850) representing field boundaries or stock enclosure ditches and these are contemporary with pits, post-holes and cemetery excavated in 2005. A possible sunken-featured or cellared building was also identified. Finds from the site included Middle Saxon to early medieval pottery and multi-period metal finds.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 91963 23478 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92SW |
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| Parish: | WHISSONSETT, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2006. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site. Six trenches excavated. From context 1.
The Middle to Late Saxon settlement recorded to the south at Church Close in 2005 (NHER 40453) is shown to have extended into this area. Cut features are quite well preserved beneath deep deposits of topsoil/subsoil and a 'dark earth' containing pottery of Middle Saxon through to early medieval date was observed. The earliest features were ditches dating to the Middle Saxon period (AD 650-850) representing field boundaries or stock enclosure ditches and these are contemporary with pits, post-holes and cemetery excavated in 2005. A possible sunken-featured or cellared building was also identified. Finds from the site included Middle Saxon to early medieval pottery.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.415).
S. Howard (NLA), 7 April 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.
Monument Types
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- GRUBENHAUS? (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD?)
- DITCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- PIT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FLOOR? (Late Saxon to 12th Century - 851 AD to 1200 AD?)
- PIT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD?)
- WALL? (Late Saxon to 12th Century - 851 AD to 1200 AD?)
- xburied soil (Late Saxon to 12th Century - 851 AD to 1200 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD?)
- AXEHEAD (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- DRESS PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- NAIL (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- OYSTER SHELL (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD?)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2006. An Archaeological Evaluation on land at North View Drive, Whissonsett, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1185. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. and Hoggett. R. 2010. An Archaeological Evaluation on land at North View Drive, Whissonsett, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1185 (amended). |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 272. |
Related records
| 40453 | Parent of: Middle Saxon cemetery and Middle to Late Saxon occupation (Monument) |
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