NHER 30903 (Monument record) - Undated earthworks

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Summary

A series of well-defined banks forming a group of small fields, almost certainly pre-dating the present enclosure period field pattern. The platform in the centre-west may be related to a cricket pitch or pavilion. A piece of Saxon and a piece of medieval pottery have been found in the area.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF73SW
Civil Parish SHERNBORNE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 1994. Earthwork Survey.
Series of well defined banks forming a group of small fields, almost certainly pre-dating the present enclosure period field pattern. Platform in centre-west may be related to cricket pitch/pavilion.
Pottery; one rim sherd St Neots Ware, TF 71 32. One medieval unglazed body sherd, TF 71 32.
See report (S1) for further details and copy of plan (S2). This survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), October 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1994. Shernborne SMR30903. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S2> Illustration: Cushion, B. 1994. Plan of earthworks at Shernborne SMR 30903. Film. 1:1000.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 237.
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2017 3:56PM

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