Record Details

NHER Number:41478
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated revetment

Summary

An angled revetment of posts, planks and stone, abutting the harbour wall, was noted in 2004.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 91918 43772
Map Sheet:TF94SW
Parish:WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 10), Context 764:
An angled revetment consisting of six wooden posts, two horizontally laid planks and four ashlar stone blocks was found abutting the current concrete harbour wall in Wells harbour. All the elements were embedded within estuarine deposits.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 18 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

Monument Types

  • REVETMENT (Unknown date)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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