NHER 29608 (Monument record) - Earthworks of medieval village, Carleton Forehoe

Series of near rectangular mainly ditched enclosures, many incomplete, incorporating some existing house sites. Boundary feature vary in width, up to 6m and height, up to 0.6m, but rarely very even. Some platforms visible above the general interior levels, especially in the centre fields including 1 with pot sherds and several small irregular pits are adjacent. A meandering watercourse, in part widened to form ponds, flows centrally through the site, and another terrace slope nearer the road may have been a partial boundary to the site. Irregular but definite tofts but no obvious roadway within site.
2 unglazed medieval.
1 late Glazed Grimston.
1 late medieval/early post medieval.
1 Glazed Red Earthenware.
Miscellaneous post medieval brick and tile, not retained.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 March 1993.
B. Cushion (NLA) March 1993.

1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), contexts on 1:2500 extract.
Context 1:
2 Roman greyware body sherds (1 micaceous).
1 medieval unglazed jar rim.
1 medieval unglazed bowl rim.
1 medieval unglazed base and 12 body sherds.
2 Glazed Grimston handle fragments and 7 body sherds.
Context 2:
1 medieval unglazed body sherd and 1 Glazed Grimston body sherd.
Context 3:
4 medieval unglazed body sherd, 1 roofing tile fragment ?Medieval, 1 Glazed Red Earthenware and various post medieval brick/tile fragments.
Context 4:
1 Late medieval/early post medieval.
Context 5:
1 medieval unglazed rim (earlyish).
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA) May 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015.