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An archaeological investigation in advance of residential development at Brick Kiln Pightle, Barrows Hole Lane, Little Dunham, Norfolk. |
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Norvic Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The results of a programme of archaeological work in advance of the development of land at Brick Kiln Pightle, Little Dunham, Norfolk. The proposed development is for a total of four residential dwellings on an area of land of c. 0.63 hectares. The field is known as Brick Kiln Pightle and is the site of a known Brick Kiln which appears on Fadens 1797 map of Norfolk. The aim of the investigative work was to identify and excavate any surviving evidence for a brick kiln within the areas of the site where such archaeological features could not be preserved in situ, and which may be damaged or destroyed by development. The investigation work located the partial remnant of a post-medieval clamp kiln close to the street frontage of Barrows Hole Lane, along with a large man-made pond in the western part of the site. Clamp kiln sites are often ephemeral in the archaeological record, usually identified only from scatters of wasters and ash patches, so even the discovery here of just part of a clamp is worthy of note. The clamp was sited close to the Barrows Hole Lane, which may have aided transport of the finished products by cart away from the site. Aside from the post-medieval ceramic building material fragments and wasters, other finds from the site include a single prehistoric flint collected from the lower subsoil, a single sherd of medieval pottery, a medieval strap-end fragment, a lava quern fragment and a large lead brooch of medieval to post-medieval date. |
Author: |
G Emery
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Publisher: |
Norvic Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Brick Kiln Pightle, Barrows Hole Lane |
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Norfolk |
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Breckland |
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LITTLE DUNHAM |
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England |
Grid Reference: 586740, 312350 (Easting, Northing)
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norvicar1-218958 |
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Norvic Archaeology Report No. 65 |
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Spiral Bound
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21 May 2019 |