NHER 23076 (Find Spot record) - Site of Early Saxon settlement, prehistoric worked flints and multi-period pottery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1986. Field walking. Field G48.
Good conditions.
Pot boiler site at Context 24; 13m north to south by 12m east to west.
Worked flint including, according to (S2), a probably Mesolithic truncated microlithic blade.
Iron Age sherds, some dubious, some perhaps Early Saxon.
Roman sherds.
Ipswich ware, medieval to post medieval sherds.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 20 November 1986.
This site is recorded as ES3 in (S2).
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 19 December 2005
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF15317 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G48. AJGR.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <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 (10)
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (9)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 25 2026 10:31AM