NHER 28877 (Find Spot record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval period, which continued into site NHER 20819. A house is recorded on the site in an early 15th century document. The settlement continued to be occupied throughout the post medieval period, and a building is shown on the enclosure map of 1807. Field walking has recovered prehistoric flints, pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods, and a post medieval clay pipe.

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Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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14 June 1991. Field walking finds.
Contexts 1 to 3 whole field.
Roman, medieval, post medieval pottery.
A medieval/post medieval concentration or derived from L116?
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992.

This site and NHER 20819 are recorded as Med 68 in (S2). A messuage is recorded on the site in a document dating from 1420, and a building is shown on (S3).
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 16 December 2005

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF15617 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L111. 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.
<S3> SNF58039 Map: Browne, J.. 1807. Great Fransham, Little Fransham and North Pickenham Enclosure Award and Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (5)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 2:16PM