NHER 32794 (Monument record) - Possible medieval earthworks and multi-period pottery finds

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Summary

An area of earthworks, including possible medieval house platforms, enclosures and roadways. Iron Age, Saxon and medieval pottery fragments found on the site indicate a long period of occupation.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71SW
Civil Parish NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1997.
Area of earthworks including toft outlines, enclosures, former track/roadway from Hall to church and a sinuous bank and scarp boundary feature. Adjacent to northern end of Bichamditch (NHER 3937). Encroaches onto NHER 3906. Pottery finds included Iron Age, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), June 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2014.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Narborough Park Earthworks SMR 3905, 3937, 32794. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S2> Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 221.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 201.
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2015 1:59PM

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