NHER 24768 (Monument record) - Site of medieval and post medieval settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1988. Gridded field walking Fransham survey. AJGR L133. Contexts 1 to 26.
Worked flint, lava quern, clay pipes.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) August 1988
1 April 1994. Field walking finds. Context 27.
Northwest part of field including Contexts 2 to 5, Context 10 and Context 12.
About 180 medieval and post medieval sherds collected. Definitely occupied (by a Sparhams manor customary tenement) in the 16th century, but very few late medieval/early post medieval sherds.
No specific surface evidence for a cottage built between 1568 and 1572. Still there in 1681.
See (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 25 January 1995.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (9)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- POT (Undated)
- QUERN (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 9 2026 10:02AM