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Adams, D. (2013).
Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land between A12 and Hall Road, Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk
. NAU Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046693.
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Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land between A12 and Hall Road, Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk
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NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.5284/1046693
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract:
The site lies in an area of cropmarks and archaeological investigations demonstrating archaeological remains from late prehistory to the Second World War. 11 trenches, c.30m by 1.80m were placed to target cropmarks, especially a possible farmstead and large ring ditch. Archaeological remains were present in all trenches and the site produced evidence for human activity dating from perhaps the Mesolithic to the early Roman period. A small quantity of worked flint typologically dated as possibly Mesolithic represented the earliest evidence for human activity. More convincing evidence for early activity was provided by a small quantity of Early Neolithic pottery (c.3800-3300BC) from a small number of features at the south of the site. A large ring ditch comprising inner and outer circuits with an apparently discontinuous intermediate circuit is interpreted as a barrow of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date. Its diameter of c.80m marks it as among the largest example of this monument type known from the county. and could be the remains of a disc barrow. Cremated humans remains (posibly Early Bronze Age) have been redeposited within the inner circuit ditch. Two circular structures, one in an enclosure, are Iron Age or Romano British roundhouses. Other ditches define fields, enclosures and possibly track or droveways of several periods. Roman activity, most noticeably at the south of the site, was associated with secondary metal working and possible cereal processing. The pottery suggested 1st and 2nd century activity, and had similarities to assemblages from military sites. A substantial ditch with evidence for a large internal bank is tentatively interpreted as a Roman earthwork, perhaps part of a beacon or signal station and may have been reused or modified from an earlier 'Thornham' style enclosure.
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Author:
David Adams
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Publisher:
NAU Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:
2013
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Locations:
Site:
Land between A12 and Hall Road,
County:
Norfolk
District:
Great Yarmouth
Parish:
HOPTON ON SEA
Country:
England
Grid Reference: 652370, 300180 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
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Subjects / Periods:
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
BURNT FLINT
(Object England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
COIN
(Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
POT
(Object England)
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
POT
(Object England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
POT
(Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
STONE (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
STRUCK FLINT (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
STRUCK FLINT (Find)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
TILE
(Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
GULLY
(Monument Type England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
OVEN
(Monument Type England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
PIT
(Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
PIT
(Monument Type England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
PIT
(Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
PIT
(Monument Type England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
RING DITCH
(Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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OASIS Id:
norfolka1-144741
OBIB:
Report 3172
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a4 paper; spiral-bound, colour-printed, double-sideed; PDF
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19 Feb 2018
