NHER 21293 (Monument record) - Site of medieval cross
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
10 April 1985. Northwest of church.
Building site; foundations completed to ground level but examination of drainage trenches revealed no features. From surface of well weathered soil dump only.
One flint scraper, one base, one sherd Thetford type, one rim grey sandy ginger jar early medieval.
A. Rogerson (NAU), April 1985.
J. Denny (North Norfolk District Council) reports a cross base uncovered in garden of former house on site, said locally to have originally been where a fountain was erected in the 1880s in village centre, socketed stone base; to be retained in garden of new building.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 May 1985.
A. Rogerson (NLA) notes that in 1985 there was on site a building now demolished with wall paintings by Italian prisoners of war.
E. Rose (NLA), 16 April 1996.
This cross base which is clearly medieval is now in the church, see NHER 6305.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 May 2005.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WALL PAINTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2006 10:42AM