Mangreen Quarry, Southern Extensions, Norfolk

In October 2017, Archaeological Solutions Limited (AS) conducted an archaeological `strip, map and sample' exercise at Mangreen Quarry, Southern Extension, Norfolk (NGR TG 218 030) (Fig.1). The exercise was commissioned by Phoenix Consulting Archaeology Ltd on behalf of Tarmac in advance of proposed mineral extraction. It was undertaken as part of a planning requirement following advice from the local planning authority (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology). Three ditches were identified during this phase of work. Two of these ditches F3002 and F3004, dated to the Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age. They were parallel to each other, and between six and ten metres apart, suggesting they may represent a droveway or trackway similar to those within the cropmark complex at Harford Park and Ride c.1.5km to the north. The ditches were broadly contemporary with the few isolated pits recorded close by during the preceding trial trench evaluation (Trenches 6 and 8). Ditch F3006 cut both Ditches F3002 and F3004, and contained modern CBM. This ditch represents a former modern field boundary that is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of the 1880s, but not the Tithe map of 1840.