NHER 24778 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site a small settlement during the medieval and post medieval periods. A house is first recorded on the site in the early 16th century. Field walking and metal detecting recovered pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods, a medieval or post medieval brooch and buckle, medieval coins, and other medieval and post medieval metal finds.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1988. Gridded field walking Fransham survey.
Contexts 1 and 2.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
Lava quern and clay pipes.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) August 1988

June 1991. Field walking finds
Whole field walked.
Contexts 3 to 21. post medieval brick rubble concentration in east, sparse pot.
Context 22. Potboiler concentration.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) March 1992

Late 1997. Metal detecting finds in 2 areas (northwest and northeast parts).
Medieval coins.
Post medieval token and jetton.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 February 1998.

This site is recorded as MED66 in (S2), and a messuage is first mentioned on the site in an early 16th century document.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 20 December 2005

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF15624 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L121. AJGR.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<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 (2)

Object Types (21)

QUERN (Undated)
WEIGHT (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PENDANT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 4:45PM