An Archaeological Evaluation: Frimstone Carrstone Quarry, Snettisham, Norfolk

Abstract

A team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook evaluation by trial trenching in November 2005 on 6.7ha of land just north of Snettisham, Norfolk, centred at TF 6850 3510. The evaluation followed an initial field survey and was designed to determine the presence or absence, extent, date, state of preservation and significance of any subsoil archaeological features. The evaluation was commissioned by M. Dickerson Ltd. Evidence for prehistoric activity was identified in the western part of the proposed development area in the form of cut features, and artefacts across the site. Later ditches and features were also revealed in the western area and further east, whilst Romano-British and medieval artefacts were collected from across the site.