Hickling, S. (2014). Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land at Church Street, Briston, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1076729. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation of Land at Church Street, Briston, Norfolk
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Series:		 NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was conducted for Wellington Construction Ltd ahead of the construction of a small residential development. This trial trench evaluation identified remains of medieval and post-medieval date. The earliest settlement fell in the 11th to 14th centuries - a time of population growth. Features of this period that were encountered included post-holes (indicative of structures), ditches (indicative of property boundaries) and pits. The evaluated area probably represented a settlement plot fronting onto Briston Common to the east. Occupation appears to have ceased in the 14th century and features appear to have been left open and to have to infilled gradually, suggesting that this area may have been deserted. Occupation appears to have started again perhaps in the 16th century, where a wall, later robbed out, but possibly of 16th-century date suggests the presence of a 16th-century structure on the site. In addition, a pit and a ditch probably dating to the 17th century suggest occupation. In the 19th to 20th centuries, occupation appears to have been limited and the area was probably used as horticultural land, hence the deep topsoil, and for the disposal of rubbish. The eastern part of the site contained several quarry pits and the boundary ditch which formed the western edge of Briston common (probably enclosed around 1870). The results are to be expected of a Norfolk common-edge settlement and fit well into the identified trends of settlement congregating around commons as population rose in the early medieval period and the early post-medieval periods.
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Author:		 S Hickling
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Publisher:		 NAU Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: LAND AT CHURCH STREET
County: Norfolk
District: North Norfolk
Parish: BRISTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 606010, 332880 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHOE BUCKLE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ROBBER TRENCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: norfolka1-165318
OBIB: Report 2014/1300
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Note:		 A4 paper, double-sided, colour-printed, spiral-bound; pdf
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020