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Contact

David Gurney, Principal Archaeologist

Postal Address

Union House
Gressenhall
Dereham
Norfolk NR20 4DR

Telephone

01362 869280

Fax

01362 860951

Email:

archaeology+environment@norfolk.gov.uk

Other 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

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.

Palaeolithic handaxes

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

St Theobald's Church, Coltishall

Public Access

We encourage public use of our records and photographs, and visitors are welcome by appointment.

Castle Acre Priory

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