NHER 20788 (Find Spot record) - Site of medieval settlement, pottery works and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site a medieval settlement and pottery works, and a concentration of early medieval pottery was found here during a field walking survey. A concentration of prehistoric pot boilers, and fragments of post medieval pottery were also found, as well as slag of unknown date which suggest that this site may also have been used for metalworking.

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Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 1981 and 1985. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 350. Field walking.
Pot production site, areas 30 to 33.
Extremely large numbers overall of early medieval wares also Grimston and coarse.
Pot boiler scatter 12m diameter area 39.
Post medieval sherds including glazed red earthenware and stoneware.
Lumps of ironbound conglomerate and slag.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 24 October 1984

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF15279 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G350. AJGR.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (4)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 11:10AM