Land at Gooseberry Hill, Swanton Morley, Norfolk

In February 2018 Archaeological Solutions Limited (AS) carried out an archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at New House, Gooseberry Hill, Swanton Morley, Norfolk (NGR TG 0185 1698; Figs. 1 - 2). The evaluation was undertaken as an initial requirement of a condition attached to planning approval to construct 9no dwellings (Breckland Planning Ref. 3PL/2016/0454/O). The evaluation was required by the Local Planning Authority (LPA), as advised by Norfolk County Council Historic Environment Service (NCC HES). Archaeological features were found in all of the trenches except Trench 3 in the central area of the site. Between 1 and 4 features were present in each trench. The majority of the features were ditches. Three small intercutting pits were present in Trench 5 (F1012, 1024 and F1016); none contained finds. The majority of the features were undated. A few were early modern or modern and these were located at the northern end of the site in Trenches 1 (Ditch F1024), 2 (Ditch Terminal F1020) and 4 (Ditch F1024). At the southern end of the site Ditch F1008 contained a small abraded medieval (11th - 13th century) sherd, and sparse burnt flint and struck flint were found within the topsoil (L1000) and subsoil (L1001) across the site (Trenches 1, 3 - 4, and 6 - 7).