NHER 23890 (Find Spot record) - Site of medieval settlement

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval period, which is mentioned in documents dating from the late 14th century. Field walking has recovered fragments of medieval pottery from the site.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March and April 1987. Old OS field G24.
Field walking, good conditions, sunny, ploughed.
Medieval sherds including early medieval and Grimston.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 5 August 1987.

28 January 1990. Field walking finds.
Context 3 rewalked.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992

This site is recorded as Med 61 in (S2). A tenement is mentioned on this site in documents dating from the late 14th century.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA), 19 December 2005.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF15204 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G24. 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 (1)

SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (1)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 9 2026 11:20AM