NHER 20802 (Monument record) - Site of early medieval settlement 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
1978 and 1982. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 369. Field walking, diabolical weather in part.
Prehistoric flints.
Roman sherds.
Large quantities Thetford Ware shading into early medieval, one St Neots, also other medieval sherds including Grimston. Post medieval sherds including glazed red earthenware.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 24 October 1984
This site is recorded as Med 16 in (S2). No documentary evidence has been found for this early medieval settlement, which only seems to have been occupied during the 12th century. NHER 20609 may be a successor to this settlement.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 15 December 2005.
14 May 2001. Casual find, context 15.
1 medieval sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 February 2007.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15295 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G372. 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (5)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 24 2026 1:59PM