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Archaeological Monitoring during the construction of a Hydrotherapy Pool at Hill Farm House, Roughton, Norfolk. |
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Norvic Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The results of archaeological monitoring of groundworks associated with a Hydrotherapy Pool and side extension link at Hill Farm House, Thorpe Market Road, Roughton. The house is located in an area where cropmarks have been identified through aerial photography in fields to the north, where ditches and an enclosure have been identified along with a ring-ditch marking the possible site of a prehistoric barrow. The ditches and enclosures are currently suggested to be of medieval to post-medieval date (NHER 38553). The site is situated on fairly high ground overlooking the site of post-medieval water meadow to the south-east (NHER 38557), with the site of a possible ring-ditch (NHER 38653) at a similar contour on an area of high ground c. 650m to the south-east. An extensive area of cropmarks identified c. 300m to the south-east of the site has been tentatively interpreted as evidence for an Iron Age field system. No archaeologically significant deposits were encountered across the site during the works. The footprint of both the extension, connect and the hydrotherapy pool building were mechanically stripped under archaeological supervision and control to reveal natural geology below thin soils. In addition, a large soakway trench and the filter trenching for a new septic tank were excavated in the open field to the west of the house, which also proved to be clear of archaeologically significant deposits. Two postholes identified in the soakaway trench can be matched to a 19th century fence line which formerly subdivided this area of the field. |
Author: |
G Emery
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Norvic Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Hill Farm House, Thorpe Market Road, Roughton, Norfolk |
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Norfolk |
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North Norfolk |
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ROUGHTON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 622850, 336630 (Easting, Northing)
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norvicar1-190279 |
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Norvic Archaeology Report No.52 |
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01 Feb 2018 |