NHER 25560 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medival period. Field walking and metal detecting recovered prehistoric flints, including a concentration of prehistoric pot boilers, a Bronze Age spear head, and pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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

June 1989 to May 1990. Remainder of field walked.
Large black area to south.
Contexts 2 to 4.
Context 5: potboiler concentration
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992

25 March 1994. Field walking finds.
Context 6, rapid re-examination.
More medieval sherds.
See (S1).
A.Rogerson (NLA) 25 January 1995.

Late August 1998. Metal detecting. In southeast corner of field. Field Work No. L76.
Middle Bronze Age spearhead, (S2) and (S3), see A. West's (NCM) notes in file.
Details in file.
A lead pot mend (probably medieval) and 1 medieval unglazed bowl rim.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 November 1998.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF15705 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L76. AJGR.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2> SNF97898 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2011. Drawing of an incomplete Middle Bronze Age side looped spearhead. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF78086 Illustration: Kercher, J.. 1998. Drawing of an incomplete Middle Bronze Age side looped spearhead,. Card. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (9)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
POT (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STAPLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 3:15PM