NHER 17816 (Find Spot record) - Site of Late Saxon to post medieval settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALES, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1981. Found in fieldwalking by Hales Survey (site 36).
3 Contexts.
Prehistoric, medieval and post medieval sherds etc.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 8 December 1981.
Winter 1981 to 1982.
Further finds including Late Saxon wares.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 15 March 1982.
(S1) records this as Site 36.
A few Thetford sherds recovered from this site suggests that settlement started here in the Late Saxon period, developing throughout the medieval and early post medieval periods.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 25 January 2006
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF14092 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 36. Hales.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
- <S1> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (12)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- WHETSTONE (Undated)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 14 2025 11:32AM