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A Beaker Burial and Iron Age to Roman Activity at Knights Hill, Kings Lynn, Norfolk: PXA and UPD

Blackbourn, Kathryn (2022) A Beaker Burial and Iron Age to Roman Activity at Knights Hill, Kings Lynn, Norfolk: PXA and UPD. [Client Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Between the 7th February and the 22nd April 2022 Oxford Archaeology (OA) East conducted an archaeological excavation (3.54ha) at Knights Hill, King’s Lynn, Norfolk (TF 6623 2252). This work followed a trenching evaluation (Wright 2015) which identified a Late Iron Age to Early Roman enclosure and associated features.
Four phases of activity were revealed within the excavation area that span the prehistoric to post‐medieval periods, with a peak during the Early Roman period.
The earliest activity (Phase 1) dated to the Early Bronze Age and comprised a small number of pits containing pottery and/or worked flint. A sample from one of these pits produced evidence of crabapple and hazelnuts. A single Beaker inhumation burial was also found. Phase 2 is represented by several pits that produced Middle Iron Age pottery, with sherds of this date also present in later features.
Most of the features dated to the Late Iron Age to Roman period (Phase 3) and comprised a possible sub‐square enclosure in the western part of the site that was later replaced by larger sub‐rectangular stock enclosure and associated internal features. To the east were several ditches, pits and a hearth which yielded pottery, animal bone, fired clay, charred grains and charcoal indicative of domestic settlement waste. Other finds from the site include metalworking debris and two copper‐alloy brooches of 1st‐century date.
Features assigned to the final post‐Roman phase (Phase 4) were scattered across the area and included a ditch, a pond and quarry pits that yielded small quantities of medieval and post‐medieval pottery, glass and clay tobacco pipe.

Item Type: Client Report
Uncontrolled Keywords: Norfolk, norfolk, Kings Lynn, kings lynn, Excavation, excavation, archaeological excavation, PXA, pxa, UPD, upd, Post-Excavation Assessment, Post-excavation Assessment, post-excavation assessment, Updated Project Design, updated project design, Bronze Age, bronze age, Early Bronze Age, early bronze age, Iron Age, iron age, Middle Iron Age, middle iron age, Late Iron Age, later iron age, Roman, roman, Medieval, medieval, Post-Medieval, post-medieval, Post Medieval, post medieval, Pottery, pottery, pot, ceramic, sherd, vessel, Bronze Age pottery, bronze age pottery, Early Bronze Age pottery, early bronze age pottery, Iron Age pottery, iron age pottery, Middle Iron Age pottery, middle iron age pottery, Late Iron Age pottery, later iron age pottery, Roman pottery, roman pottery, Medieval pottery, medieval pottery, Post-Medieval pottery, post-medieval pottery, Post Medieval pottery, post medieval pottery, Beaker, beaker, Beaker pottery, Beaker burial, burial, inhumation, human remains, HSR, hsr, ecofacts, hazelnut, crab apple, worked flint, bronze age worked flint, flint, flints, lithics, lithic implement, enclosure, late iron age enclosure, roman enclosure, stock enclosure, animal remains, animal bone, animal bones, bone, bones, roman animal remains, hearth, charred grains, domestic waste, settlement, land use, farming, agriculture, pond, post-medieval pond, medieval pond, post-medieval quarry, extractive pit, 2627, report 2627, Report 2627, OAE report 2627
Subjects: Geographical Areas > English Counties > Norfolk
Period > UK Periods > Bronze Age 2500 - 700 BC
Period > UK Periods > Bronze Age 2500 - 700 BC > Early Bronze Age 2500 - 1500 BC
Period > UK Periods > Iron Age 800 BC - 43 AD
Period > UK Periods > Iron Age 800 BC - 43 AD > Late Iron Age 100 BC - 43 AD
Period > UK Periods > Medieval 1066 - 1540 AD
Period > UK Periods > Post Medieval 1540 - 1901 AD
Period > UK Periods > Roman 43 - 410 AD
Divisions: Oxford Archaeology East
Depositing User: Hamilton
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2022 14:27
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2022 14:28
URI: http://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/id/eprint/6910

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