NHER 28258 (Monument record) - Possible medieval shrunken village

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Summary

Analysis of aerial photographs of this site reveals cropmarks of a possible village. It is possible that Castle Rising village once spread this far but has since shrunk. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting at this location between 1990 and 2025 recovered Late Saxon pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins; a medieval jetton and a number of other metal objects, including an undated copper alloy ring; Roman brooches; medieval buckles, a belt fitting and cauldron foot; a medieval/post-medieval candle holder and a post-medieval drop handle and strap fitting or strap slide.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF62SE
Civil Parish	CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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26 June 1989. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks - former village settlement?
D. Edwards (NAU)

1990. Fieldwalking. [1].
On field north of link road.
30 x 30m spread of Thetford type and/or Grimston Thetford wares.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 July 1991.

January/February 1996. Metal detecting. [2].
Roman brooches.
Medieval coin, buckle, belt fitting.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 28 March 1996.

January 2001. Metal detecting.
Roman coin.
Late medieval jetton.
Medieval cauldron foot.
Post medieval bifurcated drop ?draw handle.
Undated copper alloy ring.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2nd March 2001.

Before 6 October 2024. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval/post-medieval candle holder fragment.
Post-medieval strap fitting or strap slide.
Extended to include narrow strip of land at western edge of field. Former extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 November 2024.

July 2025. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 February 2026.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF11082 Aerial Photograph: TF 6624 ACH-ACJ.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (9)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
CANDLE HOLDER (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1550 AD)
STRAP FITTING (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 28 2026 3:16AM