NHER 18339 (Monument record) - Site of Hopton Manor medieval settlement

November 1977. Found on field surface. Context 1 at 865 992 approximately.
Twelve flint flakes.
One Saxon-Norman? sherd.
One medieval sherd.
Two post medieval sherds.
Three lead, five copper alloy post medieval objects.
A. Lawson (NAU), 20 August 1982.

1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking by A. Davison (NARG), his field LC6. Contexts 2 to 6.
For locations see (S1) in file (NHER 24669).
Worked flint.
Iron Age sherds, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval and miscellaneous sherds.
See list in file (NHER 24669).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 25 July 1988.

Site stated to be that of Hopton Manor.
See (S2).

For details of fieldwalking see file for NHER 24669.

(S2) describes slight traces of Saxon activity in the area around Hopton Farm. It suggests this is the site of Hopton Manor, a hamlet of Little Cressingham. The demolition of buildings on both sides of the road, as shown on earlier maps, accounts for the large quantities of modern materials including flint cobbling from yards. Medieval pottery is concentrated on both sides of the road with some Roman and Late Saxon pottery among it.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 May 2006.