NHER 20448 (Monument record) - Site of probable Early Saxon settlement, a medieval settlement and multi-period pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 1980 and July 1981. Former field Great Fransham 36 (now northwest part of large field east of Curds Hall site).
Intensive field walking; eastern finds in sugar beet, western in molehills in pasture.
Medieval unglazed sherds; clay pipe.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 5 June 1984.
1985. Field walking finds.
Further finds of much medieval ware, Roman sherds including amphora and Samian.
Grimston Thetford ware.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 13 August 1985.
25 September 1992. Field walking finds.
Context S5. Area formerly grass, cultivated for pheasant cover.
Large number of medieval/Post medieval sherds for small area of surface visible.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 14 October 1992.
This site is recorded as Med 9 in (S2). The site may have been one of three messuages of Kirkhams Manor in the late 14th century.
See (S2) and NHER 20818 for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 15 December 2005
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15286 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G36. AJGR.
- --- SNF59763 Map: Hanging Plan.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (12)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Unknown date)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 29 2018 10:22AM