NHER 25548 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period pottery

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval, and a document of about 1400 mentions a house on the site. Field walking recovered pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods and lava querns of unknown date.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1989. Gridded field walking finds.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds. Contexts 1 to 5.
See (S1)
A. Rogerson (NAU) September 1989.

14 October 1990. Field walking finds
Context 2 rewalked and rest of extremely blank field.
Findspots Contexts 6 to 10.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU) March 1992

This site is recorded as MED62 in (S2), and a messuage is mentioned on the site in a document dating to about 1400.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 20 December 2005

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF15139 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G14. AJGR.
<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 - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (5)

POT (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 3:54PM