NHER 24779 (Monument record) - Site of medieval and post medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval period, and a house is first recorded on the site in the mid 14th century. The settlement site continues under NHER 24777. Field walking and metal detecting recovered pottery dating from the medieval and post medieval periods, a medieval buckle, and post medieval coins, clay pipes and building materials.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1988. Gridded field walking Fransham survey.
1 Context.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) August 1988

May and June 1990. Field walking finds.
Context 2. Re-examination (including a small piece of L84) shows previous assessment wrong.
Substantial medieval and post medieval concentration.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992.

Before 2 September 1998. Metal detecting. Fieldwork No. L113.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
3 post medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 November 1998.

This site, and NHER 2477, 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 (5)

--- SNF15618 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L113. AJGR.
--- SNF47560 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. [unknown].
--- 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 (1)

SETTLEMENT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (10)

SPINDLE WHORL (Undated)
WEIGHT (Undated)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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)
ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 4:37PM