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Report of Work under Archaeological Supervision and Control, St Mary's Church, Hickling, NHER ENF 1341896 |
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Sarah Bates unpublished report series
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| Abstract: |
Archaeological monitoring during installation of lavatory at Hickling Church. Parts of the footings and foundation of the tower and north aisle were recorded. In the tower a 14th to 15th-century Flemish-type tiled floor was exposed. Alongside the north wall , the floor was overlaid by a solid mortar and fliIn the eastern central area of the towernt footing which might have represented a feature alongside the wall (a bench?). The glazed tiles were better preserved beneath the footing and very eroded elsewhere. To the east some bricks may have replaced part of the floor or represented the base for a feature (a font?) and a sunken area included 18th and 19th-century brick in its infill. Within the sunken area and spread across the rest of tower area was a layer of sand bedding for a brick surface; either a floor, or a base for the existing floor. In the churchyard, several human skulls were exposed in a water pipe trench and were probably in situ but their removal from the ground was not necessitated. At least nine burials were identified in the trench for the trench arch drain, one with a vaulted brick tomb (probably 19th-century). Disturbed soils in other trenches showed that burials also existed in those areas but none were exposed. A small path or grave surround was recorded and a blocked modern soakaway was replaced during the work. A medieval/early post-medieval finger ring and part of some post-medieval possible tweezers were found as well as late medieval and post-medieval pottery, a piece of medieval building stone, medieval, post-medieval and modern brick, medieval and modern floor tile, post-medieval window glass, a 16th or 17th-century clay tobacco pipe fragment, part of a modern glass bottle, a cattle mandible and an oyster shell. Disarticulated human bone, found in several trenches, was left in the care of the church for reinterment. |
| Author: |
S Bates
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| Publisher: |
Sarah Bates
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| Year of Publication: |
2019
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England |
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North Norfolk |
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Hickling |
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Norfolk |
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Grid Reference: 641488, 324250 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL BRICK
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FLOOR TILE
(Object England)
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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MEDIEVAL FLOOR TILE
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TWEEZERS
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL FINGER RING
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POST MEDIEVAL FLOOR TILE
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FLOOR
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL TWEEZERS
(Tag)
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ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
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POST MEDIEVAL BRICK
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MEDIEVAL FLOOR
(Tag)
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BRICK
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING
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FINGER RING
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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sarahbat1-332777 |
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Report No. 43 |
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| Created Date: |
11 Apr 2024 |
