NHER 31848 (Monument record) - Medieval tofts and hollow way
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1996.
Earthworks of former village street, as hollow way, with probable hollow way extending towards moat of NHER 4687.
Possible boundary bank and ditch parallel to northern field boundary. Subdivision of area by scarps suggest probable tofts adjacent to street.
Pottery finds to be recorded in report of earthwork survey.
B. Cushion (NLA) May 1996.
1996. Earthwork Survey.
Earthwork survey at 1:1000. Roadways, enclosures and boundary features recorded.
Prehistoric, Late Saxon, Roman, medieval sherds.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA) June 1996.
September 2001. At TF 8530 0202 in roots of tree blown over.
Cache of medieval and post medieval building material; roof tiles, bricks and important ceramic copings.
Probably from house (NHER 4687).
See list in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 November 2001.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF56461 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP AAQ76.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF92599 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1996. Gt Cressingham SMR 4687, 4688 & 31848. Earthwork Survey Report.
- <S2> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 103.
- <S3> SNF66779 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 552.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- TOFT (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (9)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 26 2022 8:02AM