Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10704 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age causeway |
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Summary
In October 1958 a group of wooden piles were found when foundations for an electricity pylon were being dug. The piles were probably part of a brushwood causeway crossing marshland. They may have been Bronze Age in date.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4343 9914 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NW |
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| Parish: | HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1958.
In digging foundations for tower 42 for electric power line, pointed stakes were found, probably remains of brushwood causeway across marsh. Peat occurred at from 2.4-3m (8-10ft) below surface. Possibly Bronze Age.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- CAUSEWAY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PILE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- WORKED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1958. Selected Archaeological Finds from Norfolk 1958. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 11 (for 1958) pp 2-3. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Thorpe next Haddiscoe. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Green, C. 1961. Broadland Fords and Causeways. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 316-331. p 330. |
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