NHER 20446 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and pottery works and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1983 to 1986. Field, formerly Ordnance Survey 28, on south side avenue to site of Curds Hall.
Intensive field walking. Conditions generally good, except along edge of wood.
Large numbers of medieval sherds inclluding Glazed Grimston and early medieval wares of 'pot production site' type, and
semi-developed rimmed jars; Roman greywares and Samian sherd; post medieval stonewares; worked flints; Lava quern fragment.
See (S1).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (AU) 5 June 1984
This site is recorded as Med 7 in (S2), and may be the site of a messuage mentioned in a document of about 1400.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 15 December 2005
August- September 2009. Metal detecting.
Medieval coin and unfinished seal matrix.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 October 2009.
July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 183).
No finds of archaeological interest were recovered at this location.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF15233 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G28. AJGR.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
- <S2> SNF59813 Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
- <S3> SNF102393 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (7)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 25 2026 2:29PM