Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31858 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age and Iron Age features, Iron Age buildings |
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Summary
Trenching in 1996 in advance of the construction of a golf course recorded Bronze Age or Iron Age ditches with Bronze Age sherds. A number of postholes were also recorded, perhaps representing a building, with Iron Age pottery sherds. Human bone was also recovered, and further work in September to December of 1996 recorded the remains of Iron Age timber buildings.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2234 0208 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June-July 1996. Trial Trenching.
Susan's Wood.
Ditches with Bronze Age sherds and postholes, perhaps a building with Iron Age sherds excavated. Human bone found, suggesting presence of more.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 August 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
September-December 1996. Excavation.
Area E:
Further work revealed remains of Iron Age timber buildings.
See published article (S3) and report (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 19 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- INHUMATION (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BUILDING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
- PLANT REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2202AV. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 1996. Evaluation at Dunston Hall Hotel Golf Course. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 183. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. pp 559-560. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Shelley, A. 1999. An Iron Age Building at Dunstan, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 341-345. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Shelley, A. 1999. Excavations at Dunston Hall, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 315. |
Related records
| 52176 | Parent of: Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age to Iron Age ditches (Monument) |
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