NHER 21538 (Monument record) - Site of Middle Saxon settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a small Middle Saxon settlement, and a scatter of Middle Saxon pottery has been recovered from the site. Prehistoric flints, fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery, post medieval floor tiles and post medieval clay pipes have also been found during fieldwalking.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39NE
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Winter 1984 to 1985. Hales site 154. Fieldwalking light sandy boulder clay, winter cereal very low, good conditions.
4 worked flints.
2 bases and 2 sherds pimply Ipswich.
1 sherd sandy Ipswich.
3 medieval unglazed, 1 glazed.
10 post medieval sherds. 1 post medieval floor tile, 1 clay pipe.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 12 July 1985.
Details in file.

(S1) identifies this as a possible Middle Saxon settlement site.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 12 June 2006

  • --- *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 154. Hales.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
  • <S1> Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49. p 16.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 12 2022 8:17AM

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