Hickling, S. (2015). Archaeological Watching Brief on the Anglian Water Sheringham Water Pipeline, Sheringham, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089445. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Watching Brief on the Anglian Water Sheringham Water Pipeline, Sheringham, Norfolk
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was conducted for Anglian Water Services Ltd during groundworks associated with the laying of a water pipe at Sheringham and Old Sheringham, Norfolk. The easement was stripped of topsoil revealing, over most of the route, natural yellow sands, gravels or clays. However, in a number of places, especially where the route followed the base of a valley running north from Upper Sheringham, a layer of subsoil was uncovered. The subsoil was probably colluvium, the result of material moving downhill from the slopes above. The only significant feature recorded was a spread of burnt flints (so-called 'pot-boilers') at the base of a valley running north from Upper Sheringham. This feature comprised a layer of dark, burnt-flint-rich subsoil beneath the topsoil. The topsoil also contained a large amount of burnt flint fragments, suggesting that post-depositional ploughing has disturbed the flint. The burnt flint is likely to be Late Neolithic-Bronze Age in date, and perhaps the result of a small-scale industrial process such as cloth manufacture or dying. One surprising aspect of this project was a complete absence of Roman evidence, especially as a Roman pottery kiln (NHER 6295) is known 75m west of Field 1.
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Author:		 S Hickling
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Publisher:		 NAU Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Sheringham Water Pipeline
County: Norfolk
District: North Norfolk
Parish: SHERINGHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 615415, 341839 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 614544, 343203 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) BURNT FLINT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: norfolka1-196551
OBIB: 2014/1262
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021