NHER 13049 (Monument record) - Site of undated enclosure and other features, also medieval and post medieval pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 1978. Earthworks seen in pasture.
Ditch approximately 6m (20ft) wide running northeast to southwest parallel with river, low bank on northwest side. Then runs southeast parallel with hedge to river.
Northeast end of this enclosure divided off by ditch approximately 3m (10ft wide) and this subdivision again divided by ditch approximately 3.9m (13ft) wide.
Information via NCM.
NCM map (S1) has 'Medieval and post medieval finds' written over this area. No details.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 September 1981.
For details of finds that are probably those recorded on (S1) see below.
J. Allen (NLA), 26 September 2000.
June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks described above are visible on aerial photographs (S3)-(S7), centred at TG 1419 0574. In many instances it is extremely difficult to distinguish features of potential archaeological significance from the drainage-related features that surround them. The resulting NMP mapping is selective, but may still encompass features that wholly or partly relate to drainage.
The enclosures described above are probably those visible at TG 1424 0576, one of which (the easternmost) is rectangular with a slightly moat-like appearance, the other seeming to surround a roughly square platform. These, together with the pottery recovered from the site are suggestive of settlement or at least enclosure (for stock? wildfowl?). Other features mapped by the NMP as potentially significant include further possible enclosures to the north and south, and a hollow way/trackway, perhaps causewayed at its southern end, and a second, curvilinear causeway leading away to the east.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 June 2010.
August to September 1980.
Medieval sherds, lead glazed earthenware and stoneware.
Cropmarks visible; most of earthworks now destroyed.
Plan (S2) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 12 September 1980.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
- <S3> SNF74740 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/70 5235-6 28-FEB-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF74741 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 6082-3 27-JUN-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF74742 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1956. RAF 540/1778 (F22) 0099-100 16-JAN-1956 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF74743 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1962. RAF 543/1883 (F22) 0156-7 27-SEP-1962 (NMR).
- <S7> SNF74745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6209 (F22) 0014-6 11-MAR-1964 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (16)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- CAUSEWAY (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- PLATFORM (Unknown date)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- CAUSEWAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOAT? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- PLATFORM (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- SETTLEMENT? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (2)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 13 2018 11:24AM