NHER 12948 (Monument record) - 16th to 17th century kiln

December 1977. Visit.
In field on east side of valley of Scarning river. Subsoil very varied, but includes chalky clay. Only third year of ploughing, previously meadow.
Post medieval kiln site. Reported by farm manager.
Kiln shows as mound approximately 12m diameter and 0.30m high. On surface, burnt red clay and mortared bricks.
Pot density dies out downhill to west, but continues east for approximately 20m then thins out to hedge.
To northeast a large, now partly filled in pit.
Over rest of field sprinkling of similar pottery (labelled Context 2) and also glazed and unglazed medieval.
Four flint flakes in northwest corner of field.
Fragment of Rhineland lava quern on edge of pit.
Dating of kiln material probably 16th to 17th century.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 1 December 1977.

June 1999. Metal detecting and field walking.
Site extended.
Post medieval sherds, medieval sherds, medieval and post medieval metal objects including finds from field to north where there is little sign of potting activity.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 September 1999.

June 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Several mounds of unknown date and origin are visible as earthworks in this field, on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2017 (S2). One of these may correspond with the post medieval pottery kiln described above, but too little locational information is available to be certain which one, if any. As a consequence, no features have been mapped for this site. Some of the unevenness evidence in this field on the lidar data is probably of natural origin.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 29 June 2023.