NHER 23622 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

Concentrations of medieval pottery were identified during fieldwalking undertaken as part of the Fenland Project in 1987. These indicate that this is the site of a medieval settlement that grew up on the edge of a small green or common. A small number of Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flints were also recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF61SE
Civil Parish MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

The buckle previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 67090.

12 March 1987. Fenland Project fieldwalking.

Site MDT AS (Context 1). [1].
General scatter of occasional medieval pottery sherds and worked flints. The small flint assemblage comprises a core trimming flake and two blades of possible Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date.

Site MDT 12 (TF 6645 1451; Context 2).
Moderate concentrations of medieval pottery with sparse shell and very little post medieval material. Grey soil further indicates occupation area. To northwest a further tongue of material appears to indicate an extension rather than new site. All around old mill. Max dimensions 64m NW/SE x 45m NE/SW; extra area 36m NW/SE x 35m NE/SW; at 5.8m OD.

For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2). It is suggested in (S2) that this is the site of a medieval settlement on the edge of a small green or common.
R. Silvester (NAU), 12 March 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 November 2013.

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

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • <S2> Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. p 129.
  • BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2026 6:10PM

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