Timber Monuments and Coastal Processes: Recording and Monitoring of Archaeological Remains at Holme Beach, Norfolk, UK 2003–2008

Abstract

Abstract Between 2003 and 2008 an archaeological walkover and monitoring survey recorded forty-one archaeological features on Holme Beach, including an Early Bronze Age timber circle, at least one Bronze Age trackway and Anglo-Saxon fishweirs. Coastal processes were seen to affect the features in a range of ways, including initial exposure, greater exposure over time, scouring, loss of timbers, retreat of peat beds and dune faces and concealment by sand. Regular, intensive and detailed monitoring ensured the variable and somewhat unpredictable nature of coastal processes was recorded, with variations identified over time and by location.