NHER 23204 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement in field south of Manor Farm

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Summary

A small scatter of medieval pottery has been found by fieldwalking, indicating that this was probably a medieval settlement site adjacent to the road. Prehistoric flints have also been recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF61SE
Civil Parish MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

24 December 1986. Fenland fieldwalking.
Weathered ploughsoil, young winter cereal.
Context 1. MDT AJ.
General scatter odd undated sherds opposite farmhouse and in southwest corner mainly, also odd flints.
Context 2 at 6604 1472. MDT 6.
Small spread of medieval pottery, sparse, beside road. Rarity of pottery elsewhere on road frontage sufficient to indicate a site here. 43m northwest to southeast x 12m northeast to southwest at 5.8m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 29 December 1986.

Some of the material from Context 1 has been reidentified as medieval pottery.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MDT 6. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MDT AJ. FENS.
  • --- Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. pp 128-130.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Undated)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Record last edited

Apr 26 2023 5:12PM

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