NHER 24777 (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.
Contexts 1 to 30.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Post medieval crotal bell, clay pipe.
Post medieval pantiles.
Worked flints.
Lava quern.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU), August 1988.
May 1990. Field walking finds.
Contexts 31 to 54, remainder of field
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Worked flints.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU), March 1992.
20 March 1994. Field walking finds.
Context 55. General collection, rapid. Mostly southeast 100x100m.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 January 1995.
This site, and NHER 24779, is recorded as MED67 in (S2). A messuage is first recorded on the site in the mid 14th century, and by the 16th century a barn and a stable were present on the site. A mid 17th century century will describes the 'shop chamber, parlour, kitchen and chamber above'. This house was demolished in the late 17th century.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA), 20 December 2005.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (10)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- QUERN (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)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 9 2026 10:46AM