Puny Drain West Winch Norfolk

During August and September 2006 Oxford Archaeology (OA), on
behalf of Scott Wilson, carried out a field evaluation on land
centred on NGR 3158 5618 at West Winch, south of Kings Lynn,
Norfolk. These works were undertaken to facilitate the proposed rerouting
of Puny Drain. The evaluation comprised three phases of
works, a geophysical survey, a geoarchaeological (borehole) survey
and a surface survey collection (fieldwalking). The geophysics did
not reveal any anomalies likely to be caused by significant
archaeological features or deposits. The results of the geophysical
investigations are the subject of a separate report
(Northamptonshire 2006). The surface survey collection did not find
any significant scatters of medieval or earlier artefacts along the
route of the proposed development. No major peat or organic beds
were recorded in the geoarchaeological survey.