NHER 23077 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and medieval pottery

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Summary

Prehistoric flints, including a concentration of prehistoric pot boilers, and fragments of pottery dating from the medieval period, found during fieldwalking. A medieval coin has been found by a metal detectorist.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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21 March 1986. Field GF37. Fieldwalking, good conditions.
Pot boiler site 15m diameter on edge of new dyke, at grid reference (no other finds from rest of field).
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 20 November 1986.

1988. Fieldwalking.
Medieval sherds and flints.
See (S1).

October/November 2005. Metal detecting. This number applies to whole of former field G37 not just to pot boiler site in former northwest corner.
1 medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 December 2005.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF15293 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G37. AJGR.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (4)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 24 2026 10:11AM