Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2873 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated ditches |
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Summary
Undated shallow ditches were seen here before 1974 and prehistoric burnt flints were recovered. Excavations before residential development in 1983 found no archaeological finds.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 985 127 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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| Parish: | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1974.
Shallow ditches seen by [1]. Not shown on (S1). Same east to west alignment as strip fields to south (NHER 2864). At 9858 1285 (= context 1) pot boilers.
From (S2).
June 1983.
Northeast part of area excavated for housing estate.
Not seen until after road laid and spoil spread over plots, but no finds made in this area.
See also NHER 2856.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 24 June 1983.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Undated)
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Dereham, East. |
| <S1> | Map: 1815. Dereham Enclosure Map. |
| <S2> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
Related records - none