Record Details

NHER Number:44672
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval ditch and drain, Thetford Station, Canterbury Way

Summary

An evaluation in 2006 revealed a post medieval ditch and a Victorian sewerage drain.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 86665 83656
Map Sheet:TL88SE
Parish:THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

June 2006. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Revealed the presence of a post-medieval ditch and a Victorian sewerage drain.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 17 May 2007.

December 2006. Building Survey.
Level 1 photographic survey of extant structures associated with Thetford Station.
See report (S1) and NHER 46395 for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 28 August 2008.

Monument Types

  • BOUNDARY DITCH? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEWER (19th Century - 1850 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Muldowney, M. 2006. A Post-medieval Ditch and Possible Railway Structures at Canterbury Way, Thetford, Norfolk. An Evaluation and Photographic Survey. Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit. 910.
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 271.

Related records

46395Part of: Thetford Railway Station, Station Road (Building)

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