Comment

Representation ID: 93215

Received: 16/08/2018

Respondent: Norfolk County Council Historic Environment Service

We agree with the initial conclusion for this site, but with the following comments:
There is no mention made of the find of Palaeolithic handaxe on adjacent land. We would like to see the text on archaeology updated as a result of new information. The old Lodge Pit (aka Frimstone's Quarry) located c.500 m north of MIN 204 has yielded significant assemblages of quartzite as well as flint palaeoliths and has been subject to recent study for evidence of a Middle Pleistocene Stage 6 glaciation. Interpretation of the lithic assemblages and geology at Feltwell are relevant to current archaeological debate relating to pre-Anglian human occupation of Britain. It is highly likely that similar deposits will be present at MIN 204, which means that archaeological assessments must consider the impact of any planning application on Palaeolithic/Pleistocene exposures. If planning permission were to be granted mitigation would likely include monitoring of spoil heaps for artefacts in addition to any pre-application archaeological surveys and trial trenching.