Crowson, A. (1999). Evaluation Excavation of Thetford Town Library Car Park. NAU Archaeology.

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Title:		 Evaluation Excavation of Thetford Town Library Car Park
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Series:		 NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 31
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of an extension to a library within Thetford. An Iron Age fort had been recorded in the south-eastern part of the town, whilst evidence of Romano-British, Early Saxon and Middle Saxon activity had also been found. Thetford was an important Anglo-Danish town in the later Saxon period, although it had declined during the later 11th and 12th centuries. During the evaluation, a wide, deep ditch with a distinct vertical re-cut was revealed. This was thought to have formed part of a defensive circuit constructed around the northern perimeter of the town during the Anglo-Saxon period. Medieval activity was represented by a chalk block-lined pit cut through the backfills of the ditch, as well as a complex of inter-cutting pits containing evidence of bone- and horn-working to the north-west of the ditch. The proximity of the site to Tanner Street suggested that this may have been the product of animal-processing waste disposal from this industry. Masonry and cellaring adjacent to the modern street frontage probably belonged to a phase of construction associated with an originally medieval dwelling which was demolished in the 1960s. [AIP]
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Author:		 Andy Crowson
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Publisher:		 NAU Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 1999
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Location - Auto Detected: Thetford
Location - Auto Detected: Tanner Street
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
12th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1999 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: THETFORD TOWN LIBRARY CAR PARK, THETFORD
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Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Breckland
Monument: DITCH. Early Medieval (410-1066), PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: TL87088296
Parish: Thetford
Postcode: IP242AG
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009