NHER 22689 (Monument record) - Possible medieval settlement

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Summary

Fieldwalking recovered prehistoric worked flints and fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery. The site of a former building, possibly a carp fishery, was identified. The concentration of finds and documentary evidence suggests this was an area of medieval settlement.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39NE
Civil Parish	HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 1986. Hales Survey, Heckingham site 50.
Ploughed and rolled and weathered, good conditions.
Site of building said to be carp fishery. See (S1).

One small end scraper; one flake; one proximal end of blade ? may not be an artefact.
Seventeen medieval unglazed.
Nine medieval glazed or late medieval/transitional.
Eleven post medieval and recent.
See (S1).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 June 1986.

Site 50.
This area has been interpreted as a medieval settlement. Sherds of glazed and coarse ware together with some possible late medieval/transitional apparently associated with buildings shown standing in 1797 (S2). Undated documentary evidence of a carp fishery nearby may explain occurance.
See (S3).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 February 2006.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF14234 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 50. Hales.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
<S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S3> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2026 8:43AM