Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41498 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated quay or landing stage |
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Summary
At least ten circular wooden posts were found embedded in the bank of a saltmarsh channel. Around the posts, blocks of chalk were laid on branches to form a rudimentary surface. The structure would have served as a small quay or landing stage.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 91928 43979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 10), Context 903:
At least ten circular wooden posts were found embedded in the bank of a saltmarsh channel. Around the posts, blocks of chalk were laid on branches to form a rudimentary surface. The structure would have served as a small quay or landing stage.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 19 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- LANDING STAGE (Unknown date)
- QUAY (Unknown date)
- STRUCTURE (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 | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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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