Phase 4, Watton Green, Watton, Norfolk

In August 2014 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological trial trench evaluation at Watton Green, Watton, Norfolk (Phase 4) (NGR TF 0090 9295). The evaluation was undertaken in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning permission for the construction of 18 dwellings (Breckland Council Ref. 3PL/2014/0330/F). In the event the evaluation revealed archaeological features in each trench. The larger number (4) were recorded in Trench 1 at the northern end of the site. Trench 2 in the middle of the site contained Ditch F1004, and Trench 3 at the southern end of the site contained two features. The features were principally linears (ditches and a gully). A pit, F1008, was recorded in Trench 1. Dating evidence was sparse and four features were undated. Pit F1008 (Trench 1) and Ditch F1004 (Trench 2) each contained a struck flint of possible later Neolithic - Early Bronze Age date. The `better' dating evidence was from Ditch F1012 (Trench 3) which contained five sherds of early - middle Iron Age pottery. An unstratified sherd of early - middle Iron Age pottery was also recovered from the subsoil.