NHER 18227 (Monument record) - Site of a windmill and prehistoric and medieval objects

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Summary

A low mound survives in an arable field. This is the site of a windmill recorded in medieval and post medieval documents. Prehistoric worked flints, medieval pottery and fragments of millstones or quern stones have been collected from its surface and in the surrounding area.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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February 1982.
North of parish boundary, east of lane.
On slight rise about 30m across.
Scatter of medieval pottery.
Seen during Fransham fieldwork and not collected.
Adjacent field in Fransham parish is devoid of pottery of this date.
A. Rogerson (NAU), July 1982.

December 1997.
This is the site of a windmill.
Casual collection of smaller finds.
Prehistoric worked flints.
Medieval sherds.
Medieval lava quern/millstone fragments.
See (S1) in file.
A.Rogerson, 19 November 1998.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF56723 Unpublished Document: Rogerson, A.. 1998. Site visit notes.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (4)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
MILLSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Beeston with Bittering (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2023 4:28PM