Record Details
| NHER Number: | 44027 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, Thetford Community Ballpark |
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Summary
Small scale groundworks at this location for the construction of a shelter and two retaining walls and the installation of litter bins and a bicycle rack were monitored. This work failed to record any features of interest but did note a single sherd each of early medieval and post medieval pottery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 86230 82801 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SE |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of small scale groundworks associated with construction of a shelter and two retaining walls and the installation of litter bins and a bicycle rack. Context 1.
No archaeological features were recorded but one sherd each of 11th- to 12th-century sandwich ware and post-medieval transfer printed pottery were found.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2009.217).
J. Allen (NLA) 10 October 2006. Updated H. Hamilton (NLA), 23 July 2008 and amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2015 and 5 May 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Medieval to 12th Century - 1066 AD to 1199 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Percival, J. 2006. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Thetford Community Ballpark, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1154. |
Related records
| 5756 | Part of: Prehistoric pits, Iron Age settlement, Saxon town area, and medieval industrial activity (Monument) |
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