Emery, G. (2018). Archaeological Monitoring at Valley Side, Chimney Street, Castle Acre, Norfolk.. Norwich: Norvic Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082615. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Monitoring at Valley Side, Chimney Street, Castle Acre, Norfolk.
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Series:		 Norvic Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The results of archaeological monitoring during construction of a new store and garage at Valley Side, Chimney Street, Castle Acre. The site lies directly to the west of the medieval town defences where they survive as a substantial ditch up to 3m deep with an earthwork bank up to 3m tall. The defences were constructed following the Norman Conquest and are a Scheduled Monument, the boundary of which is contiguous with the development plot. Where subsoil was machine stripped to the natural chalk in the north-eastern area of the development, several periglacial solution scars were recorded. A very shallow pit was identified, which contained a mix of soil, raw clay and burnt clay which may be the remnants of a deconstructed oven or hearth of Late Saxon or medieval date. The few residual finds collected from it include a single sherd of Late Saxon pottery and a pierced oyster shell, which may have served as a loom weight. A possible flint packed post-pit of uncertain date was recorded within the confines of a new soakway trench. Below the modern topsoil was a cleaner subsoil which yielded a surprising number of metal finds ranging from medieval to post-medieval date, with several of a 15th to 16th date range. The pottery assemblage is particularly concentrated toward the high and later medieval period, fairly consistent with the metalwork bias. The copper-alloy finds include suspension rings, a decorated suspension loop for a purse bar, two buckles, a strap-end, a mount for leather/textile, a fragment of rim form a bronze vessel, two matching ?casket mounts and a hexagonal knife terminal decorated with a simple incised six-armed cross.
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Author:		 G Emery
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Publisher:		 Norvic Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Valley Side, Chimney Street
County: Norfolk
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Parish: CASTLE ACRE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 581720, 314910 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUCKLE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUTTON (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CAME (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIRED CLAY (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) JETTON (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) KNIFE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MOUNT (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) OYSTER SHELL (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PURSE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SPINDLE WHORL (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STRAP END (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) VESSEL (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ?POST PIT (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) RING (Object England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: norvicar1-329983
OBIB: Norvic Archaeology Report No. 116
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020