Record Details
| NHER Number: | 37098 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Neolithic and Iron Age site, North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Mains |
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Summary
An NAU excavation as part of a watching brief identified pits, linear features and post holes with a curvilinear feature representing a possible gully. Most activity was dated to the Neolithic and Iron Age periods by the pottery and burnt debris found within the pits.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9199 0826 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NW |
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| Parish: | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 2002. Excavation.
Excavation of site on course of Anglian Water North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Main pipeline. This site was selected for excavation due to the Roman and Saxon finds that had previously been recovered in the vicinity.
The excavation identified pits, linear features and post holes, with a curvilinear gully representing a possible enclosure. Many of the pits were well-defined, flat-bottomed, circular in shape and contained domestic refuse in the form of pottery and burnt debris. Most activity was dated to the Early Neolithic and Iron Age periods.
See assessment report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2). Final publication awaited.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.19).
M. Horlock (NLA), 24 April 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2015 and 27 April 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ENCLOSURE? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- GULLY (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- PIT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- CLOTH SEAL? (Unknown date)
- SAMPLE (Unknown date)
- SICKLE? (Unknown date)
- XFIRED CLAY (Unknown date)
- BURNT FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 2003. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design for Archaeological Excavations and Watching Brief on the North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Mains, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 825. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 376. |
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