Information
Contact
David Gurney, Principal ArchaeologistPostal Address
Union HouseGressenhall
Dereham
Norfolk NR20 4DR
Telephone
01362 869280Fax
01362 860951Email:
archaeology+environment@norfolk.gov.ukOther websites
[Norfolk E-map Explorer]
See the changing face of the Norfolk landscape with the Norfolk E-Map Explorer. The site allows users to view and compare 19th century historical maps and 20th century aerial photographs of Norfolk.
Norfolk Landscape Archaeology
NLA is responsible for safeguarding Norfolk’s archaeology, and our aims are to record, to conserve, to interpret and to provide information and advice on the historic environment.
Flint tools over 60 000 years old
A County Rich in History
Norfolk has more than 50,000 known archaeological sites spanning half a million years of human activity. The county’s wide variety of monuments and artefacts ranges from prehistoric burial mounds and flint tools to 20th-century industrial buildings and World War II defensive structures.
St Theobald's Church, Coltishall
Public Access
We encourage public use of our records and photographs, and visitors are welcome by appointment.
TF 8114/ACM/SLIDE Copyright NMAS. Photographer D. A. Edwards
Norfolk from the Air
The Norfolk Air Photography Library has more than 85,000 aerial photographs from a wide range of sources dating from the late 1800s to the present day.
Records of the Past
The Norfolk Sites & Monuments Record and the Norwich Urban Archaeological Database record all areas of known archaeological activity, sites, finds, cropmarks, earthworks, industrial remains, defensive structures and historic buildings.
These records are used for
- education
- landscape management
- local history
- monument protection
- planning advice
- research

