NHER 30234 (Monument record) - Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, multi-period finds

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Summary

1946 aerial photography shows the cropmarks of ridge and furrow cultivation. Metal detecting in 1993 recovered a range of objects, including Roman and medieval pottery fragments, medieval buckles, a belt fitting and a nail, and a post medieval buckle.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NE
Civil Parish SHOULDHAM THORPE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks.
Ridge and furrow.
D. Voisey (NLA),15 February 1995.

1993. Metal detecting. Concentrated at centre of field, thinning out to edges.
Medieval buckles, belt fitting, nail.
Post medieval buckle.
Undated bronze waste.
Also, from either this site or NHER 30235.
Roman and medieval sherds.
See full details in file. Pottery NCM.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 December 1993.

June 1946.
RAF air photograph shows ridge and furrow as earthworks, aligned north-to-south with some variation in widths. North end unclear, possibly adjacent to tofts alongside road.
B.Cushion (NLA), 8 January 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-504.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-505.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-506.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 60/TF 6508/A.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • NAIL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 5 2022 12:50PM

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