NHER 20365 (Find Spot record) - Site of Late Saxon to 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
1983 to 1984. Hales Survey site 99.
Rough ploughed surface.
3 flint tools = flakes (J. Wymer (NAU) January 1985).
Sestertius, very worn, ?Trajan or Hadrian but pre Antoninus Pius.
3 Thetford type jar rims, late in form and fabric.
3 flat bases probably Thetford type.
3 Early medieval jar rims.
3 medieval unglazed jar rims and 2 unglazed bowl rims.
69 sherds, with occasional sagging bases, predominantly Early medieval and medieval unglazed but including some Thetford type.
1 rim, 1 sherd late medieval/early post medieval
2 sherds medieval probably glazed.
7 glazed red earthenware, 2 stoneware handles, 1 post medieval black glazed sherd.
(S1) in file.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 15 May 1984.
January 1993. Metal detecting finds. For ngr see Notes.
Lovely 15th/16th century pin with filigree and granules decoration with head and gilded, of elongated form.
See (S2).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
Of type that some would date Late Saxon.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 February 1993.
(S3) records this as Site 99, a settlement which began in the Late Saxon period and developed into the medieval period.
See (S3) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 26 January 2006
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF14685 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 99. Hales.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
- <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)
Object Types (9)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2026 8:05AM