Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34445 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Iron Age well, prehistoric flints and multi-period tiles |
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Summary
Prehistoric burnt flints and fragments of tile dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods were found during a fieldwalking survey carried out by Network Archaeology in 1998 in advance of the construction of a new pipeline. A possible Iron Age well was excavated in association with fire-cracked flint deposits during a subsequent watching brief in 1999.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9523 1497 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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| Parish: | GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1998. Fieldwalking in advance of pipe laying.
Roman, medieval, post medieval tile.
Burnt flints.
See (S1) filed under NHER 34108.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 May 1999.
April to July 1999. Archaeological excavation and watching brief, Brisley to Bushy Common Pipeline. Site 13.
A possible Iron Age well was excavated in association with fire-cracked flint deposits at TF 9531 1504.
See (S2) for details.
E. Ford (HES), 01 Oct 2012.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- WELL? (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- CORE (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 (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 1998. Brisley to Bushy Common Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Fieldwalking, Field Reconnaissance and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 210. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2000. Brisley to Bushy Common Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief, 1999. Network Archaeology. 138. |
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