Record Details
| NHER Number: | 60543 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible later prehistoric ditches and undated ditches and pit |
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Summary
One pit and five ditches were recorded during excavation of a long, narrow trench in advance of development at Masons Farm. No finds were recovered and none of the features could be dated, but two of the ditches correspond to cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age to Late Iron Age sub-rectangular enclosure visible in aerial photographs (see NHER 43500).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 5228 0148 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50SW |
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| Parish: | HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2012. Strip Map and Sample Excavation.
Six archaeological features were recorded during excavation of a long, narrow trench in advance of development at Masons Farm. The most easterly feature was an undated pit cut from immediately below the topsoil and therefore most likely of relatively recent date. Two ditches towards the eastern end of the trench are likely the features identified on aerial photographs (see NHER 43500) which may have originally formed a sub-rectangular enclosure of Bronze Age to Late Iron Age date. Three features identified to the west of these have also been interpreted as possible ditches, but only two of them appear to correspond to previously identified cropmarks. Unfortunately no finds were recovered from the excavation and none of the features could be dated.
See report (S1) for further information.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.27).
H. Hamilton (HES), 26 June 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 June 2021.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Wallis, H. 2012. Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample. Masons Farm, Hopton, Norfolk. Heather Wallis. 119. |
Related records
| 43500 | Part of: Cropmarks of possible late prehistoric enclosures and associated ditches (Monument) |