NHER 28892 (Monument record) - Earthworks relating to probable medieval settlement and multi-period pottery

May 1991 and February 1992. Field walking.
AJGR G243.
Grass field, with bungalow and garden in north-west part.
Earthworks of house platform, parts of 3 tofts, common edge surveyed at 1:625 scale.
See (S1).
See (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), March 1992.

Field under healthy grass cover, with patches of nettles and thistles.
Earthworks still visible under this ungrazed pasture at time of visit.
Three stout wooden electricity pylons situated adjacent to bungalow in northwest corner.
H. Paterson (A&E), 13 October 1992.

Field under rough grass, profile of earthworks masked.
Ditch cleaned out alongside road verge, with hedge planted.
H. Paterson (A&E), 16 March 1998.

17 April 2006. Fieldwalking, contexts 1 to 3.
medieval and post medieval sherds from bare soil and backfilled cable trench.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 February 2007.

January 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Earthwork boundaries, possible building platforms, and mounds associated with probable medieval settlement (see above) are visible on aerial photographs (S3-S5 and S7) and on the relatively recent (2017) visualised lidar data (S6). The features most likely relate to previously recorded medieval tofts (see above). Although the features are likely to date to the medieval period, it is possible that some of the mapped feature could be post medieval in date. Whilst some of the earthworks visible on the aerial photographs appear to have been levelled over time, those visible on the visualised lidar data (S6) likely still survive as low earthworks, as the lidar survey flown relatively recently (2017).
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 30 January 2024.