NHER 3257 (Monument record) - Babingley deserted medieval settlement and multi-period finds

Deserted village with ruined church, moated site and hall.
Church and moat alone scheduled.

1953 to 1958. Discovery and excavation of house sites with Late Saxon to medieval pottery (S14).

1957. Field Survey and Fieldwalking.
A survey of six 17th century house sites was carried out by J. G. Hurst,
P. Jewell and B. Campbell. Surface finds were also collected and recorded.
Information from (S2). Reported in (S13).

1967. Late Saxon sherds found.

Stray Find. 1970.
Late Anglo-Saxon pottery was recorded on the site of the deserted medieval village.
Information from (S3).
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), May 21 2013.

1973. Medieval sherds found.

1974. Late Saxon to medieval sherds found.

1976. Roman sherds, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon sherds and medieval tile.

Before 1977. Neolithic axe found.

1977. Medieval brick, shell and stone.

1980 to 1982. Fieldwalking finds. Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval pottery and metalwork, (S4).

1992. Roman, medieval sherds, slag.

1995. Earthwork Survey.
Includes possible dock and dam. Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval sherds found.
See full details in file. Schedules, reports and site plans in file.
See report (S5) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S11) and the survey is also noted in (S12).
B. Cushion (NLA), February 1995.

2000.
See NMP plots and text in file.
A. Miller (Suffolk County Council NMP).
D. Gurney (NLA), 14 February 2002.

December 2001.
Grass now surrounds. Whole site once again reverting to scrub and bramble. Estate asked to strim undergrowth.
H. Paterson (A&E), 25 January 2002.

March 2003.
Schedule of church (previously Scheduled Ancient Monument Norfolk 225) and settlement (previously Scheduled Ancient Monument Norfolk 273) amended.
See scheduling report for full details of sites.
M. Horlock (NLA), 15 August 2003.

2003. Metal-detecting. In field north of St Felix' church, centred on [1].
Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins.
Medieval and post-medieval jettons.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon (S6), medieval and post-medieval metal objects and sherds.
See lists and maps in file.
Several of the objects recovered were donated to Norwich Castle Museum including a Middle Saxon silver openwork fitting (NWHCM : 2003.171.1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2020.

Before 24 March 2004. Metal-detecting.
Three medieval coins.
Two medieval belt mounts.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 April 2004.

Before 28 April 2004. Metal-detecting.
Medieval buckle and medieval or early post-medieval purse frame.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 June 2004.

Before 25 April 2005. Metal-detecting approximately 100m west of church.
Possible Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pot sherds.
Roman brooch.
Medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 July 2006.

February-March 2010. Metal-detecting.
Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, Late Saxon/medieval, medieval and post-medieval sherds; 4 Roman, 7 medieval and 1 post-medieval coin; Middle Saxon/Late Saxon (S7), medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects; and post-medieval token.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 March 2010.

March-April 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman and 1 medieval coin, post-medieval jetton, 2 die-duplicate medieval lead tokens, Late Saxon (S8), medieval, medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 May 2010.

February-March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British sherd, Romano-British, Romano-British?/Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects, 4 post-medieval coins and 2 jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 6 April 2011.

St Felix' Church is now recorded separately under NHER 55921.
A. Cattermole (HES), 9 August 2011.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Late Saxon and medieval metal objects, and medieval/post-medieval coin weight.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 6 May 2011.

August-September 2011. Metal-detecting.
Medieval token and harness pendant.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 10 October 2011.

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman and three medieval coins, two medieval tokens, Middle Saxon (S9), medieval and medieval/post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 7 November 2011.

October 2011. Metal-detecting.
8th to 9th century, possibly 10th to 11th century, copper alloy stylus eraser or styliform pin terminal, (S10).
See lists in file.
Tim Pestell (NCM), 7 January 2012.

February 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 March 2015.