NHER 16860 (Monument record) - Site of Roman and medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a small Roman settlement, one of a number of small settlements spread out along a ridge. The site was also occupied during the medieval period, when the settlement was aligned on the road leading from Hales Green. Fieldwalking has recovered a prehistoric flint flake and fragments of pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39NE
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1980. Field south of Transport Drove. Finds from NARG fieldwalking.
Flint flake.
Roman sherds.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
Smelting slag.
See list in file.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) November 1980.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 December 1980.

(S1) records this at Site 16, a small Roman settlement close to the Roman settlements recorded under NHER 16857 and NHER 17185. The site was also occupied during the medieval period, when the settlement was aligned on the road leading from Hales Green.
See (S1) for more details.
S.Spooner (NLA) 22 May 2006

  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 8:05AM

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