NHER 22693 (Monument record) - Possible medieval settlement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
14 April 1986. Hales Survey, Heckingham site 54.
Good conditions, well weathered young cereal.
Two scrapers and four flakes.
Four Roman greyware and three possibles.
Eleven medieval unglazed.
One coarse sandy sherd probably early medieval.
Six medieval glazed.
One late medieval/transitional.
One medieval roof tile.
Seven post medieval sherds.
See (S1).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 June 1986.
Site 54.
This area has been interpreted as a medieval settlement. Medieval sherds and one late medieval/transitional sherd found between shallow pits, ploughed over, and road. Possibly associated with working of the pits for clay.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 February 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (6)
- 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 (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (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