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Archaeological Watching Brief at Cobham House, North Street, Burnham Market, Norfolk |
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NAU Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was conducted for Mr and Mrs Adderley during groundworks associated with the construction of an orangery, garage and cottage at Cobham House, Burnham Market. The artefacts recovered, especially at the southern end of the plot in the area of the Orangery, suggest that this development area is close to areas of Roman and medieval activity. The modern pond in the cottage area, and a large pit (thought to be a natural feature) spotted during the excavation of the foundation trenches may in fact be the remains of quarry pits, perhaps similar to Saxo-Norman examples recorded in the adjacent part of the field to the north and north-west of the development plot during recent archaeological evaluation there (Lilly Hodges and Rachel Cruse pers comm). Despite evidence of an important Early Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery being discovered during that evaluation, no evidence of occupation of that date was encountered during the monitoring undertaken at Cobham House. |
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: |
2012
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Cobham House, North Street |
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Norfolk |
District: |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
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BURNHAM MARKET |
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England |
Grid Reference: 583540, 342310 (Easting, Northing)
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norfolka1-136622 |
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29 Oct 2021 |