NHER 30220 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and medieval and post medieval finds

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Summary

This was the site of a small common edge settlement during the medieval period, and the earthworks of medieval tofts are still visible. The settlement is mentioned in medieval documents dating from the 14th century. Field walking has recovered medieval and post medieval pottery, and post medieval clay pipes.

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  • None recorded

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Map sheet TF91SW
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1993. Field walking finds.
Earthworks of tofts on common edge.
Medieval and post medieval sherds collected from area of cultivation.
See (S1) and (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA) November 1993.

This site is recorded as MED105 and MED106 in (S3). On MED105 a cottage is recorded from the late 14th century, until the late 16th century. A messuage is recorded on the site of MED106 from the early 15th century, until the late 16th century.
See (S3) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 21 December 2005

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L123. AJGR.
  • <S1> Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Earthwork Survey.
  • <S3> Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
  • 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 20 2017 4:11PM

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