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December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A23:
One transect was surveyed through the sugar beet in Area A23, following an east-to-west aligned tramline. Visibility was poor to moderate, depending on the density of beets. Eleven worked flints, two burnt flints, one sherd of medieval/post-medieval pottery, three pieces of post-medieval pottery, one clay tobacco pipe stem, two pieces of slag and four pieces of ceramic building material were collected. Eight of the flint artefacts formed a concentration (found between TG 11653 43386 and TG 11784 43356) and probably represent prehistoric activity in the vicinity of a possible Bronze Age ring-ditch (NHER 38341). The other three worked flints were found to the east and may represent associated peripheral activity, although it is more likely they were part of the activity indicated by a concentration in NHER 51038. The two pieces of slag may indicate nearby metalworking – the piece found in the east of the field was not far from other pieces in NHER 29808. Alternatively, they could be from a dump of ballast.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 5 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
• FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

• BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
• SLAG (Unknown date)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

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