Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29057 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric pits, possible Bronze Age hearths and multi-period finds |
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Summary
Prehistoric pits, possible Bronze Age hearths and multi-period finds were discovered during a watching brief on line of the A47 Norwich Southern Bypass. The pits contained late prehistoric, Beaker, Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery. The other artefacts include a Bronze Age chisel, fragments of two Bronze Age socketed axeheads, prehistoric flint artefacts and Roman coins.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1660 0769 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1991 to 1992. Watching brief on line of Norwich Southern Bypass. Metal detecting and fieldwork. Location [1].
Iron Age, Late Bronze Age, prehistoric sherds in pits.
Bronze Age metalwork.
Roman coins.
Medieval metalwork.
See full details (S1) and maps (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992.
Monument Types
- HEARTH (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- HEARTH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- PIT (Middle Bronze Age - 1520 BC to 1220 BC) + Sci.Date
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- CHISEL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Ashwin, T.. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass Project.. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 91 & 92. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief. |
| <S2> | Map: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief Annotated Maps. |
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