NHER 18136 (Monument record) - Site of medieval to post medieval settlement near Hales Hall

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Summary

This was the site of a settlement during the medieval period. The settlement had shrunk by the post medieval period, and was eventually deserted. The slight earthworks of medieval hollow ways and house platforms were visible on the site in the 1980s. Fieldwalking has recovered pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods and other finds.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39NE
Civil Parish	HALES, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1981 to 1982. Fieldwalking on sticky clay surface where 'faint hollow way and platforms' may be visible.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Miscellaneous finds.
See list in file.
Information from Hales Survey (site 49).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) May 1982.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 June 1982.

January 2001. Visit.
Nothing now to be seen.
Completely flat arable field. Farm manager states ploughing has taken place over many years.
H. Paterson (A&E) 1 February 2001.

(S1) records this as Site 49.
This site is close to the site of a Roman settlement (NHER 18135), but is entirely distinct from it with no sign of early occupation. The medieval settlement had shrunk considerably by the post medieval period.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 25 January 2006

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF14230 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 49. 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--- SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey.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 (3)

Object Types (7)

BUTTON (Undated)
KILN FURNITURE (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 8:05AM