NHER 18174 (Find Spot record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a medieval settlement, which may have been on the edge of a common. Fieldwalking has recovered prehistoric flints and medieval and post medieval pottery. A medieval coin and a buckle have been found during metal detecting.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39NE
Civil Parish	HALES, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Early 1982. Field 59. Field sown with barley.
3 medieval unglazed and 1 post medieval glazed sherds.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) July 1982.

See file under NHER 18249.

Late 1982.
Further finds of medieval to post medieval sherds.
Flint flakes etc.
See file for details.

May 1982. Found in fieldwalking.
Large iron arrowhead or small spearhead/harpoon head.
Survey says this find came from site NHER 18249 (field 56).
Probably ethnographic.
See (S1).
Identified by E.B. Green (NCM) 17 May 1982.

1992. Metal detecting finds.
Medieval Anglo Irish penny (see coin list).
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
Medieval, 13th century, buckle. Outer frame in form of animal mask, with pointed muzzle and deeply drilled eyes. Moulded eyes.
Identifid by S. Margeson (NCM).
See (S2).
J. Davies (NCM) 17 December 1992.

(S3) records this as Site 59. The medieval settlement on this site may have been a common edge settlement.
See (S3) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 25 January 2006

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF14292 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 59. 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--- SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey.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> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
<S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S3> 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 (1)

SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (10)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
ARROWHEAD (Undated)
HARPOON (Undated)
SPEAR (Undated)
WHETSTONE (Undated)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Hales (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2026 8:43AM