NHER 20797 (Find Spot record) - Possible site of medieval windmill and multi-period finds

1979. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 364. Field walking in good conditions.
Medieval sherds including Grimston, early medieval and odd glazes.
Roman sherds including calcite gritted.
Post medieval sherds including glazed red earthenware, worked flint, lava, iron gouge of unknown date.
Possible Bronze Age sherd.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU)

October 1991. Field walking finds
Context 3. Casual find of Bronze Age body sherd, groggy.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992

This site is recorded as Med 14 in (S2). A mid 14th century document refers to the 'old mill' of Gilbert de Fransham which was probably on, or very close to, this site. There are no surviving traces of a mill mound.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 15 December 2005

November - December 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval silver seal matrix.
Declared Treasure 22 February 2008 (Treasure case 2008 T11) and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2008.485).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 January 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 25 February 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2020.