NHER 24766 (Find Spot record) - Site of Roman settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a settlement during the Roman period. The settlement site continues under NHER 24765 and NHER 24767. Fieldwalking recovered prehistoric flints, pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods, and post medieval clay pipes. Metal detecting recovered a single post medieval coin.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 1988. Gridded field walking Fransham survey.
Contexts 1 to 11.
Worked flint.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Post medieval clay pipes.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) August 1988

This is recorded as RB9 in (S2), as well as sites NHER 24765 and NHER 24767.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA), 19 December 2005.

October/November 2006. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 December 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF15615 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L108. AJGR.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (7)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)