NHER 23204 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement in field south of Manor Farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF15728 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MDT 6. FENS.
- --- SNF15740 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MDT AJ. FENS.
- --- SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. pp 128-130.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 26 2023 5:12PM