NHER 33882 (Monument record) - Site of medieval common edge settlement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 1946. RAF air photograph.
Shows ditched, sub-rectangular enclosures to the south of a meandering ditch - indicative of tofts along common edge.
October 1998. Earthwork Survey.
Group of ditched enclosures abutting southern edge of West Green. These enclosures represent medieval common edge settlement.
Location of common edge confirmed by (S1) and (S2). Visit confirmed existence of features, with one possible platform near northwest corner of field.
See report (S3) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S4) and the survey is also noted in (S5).
B. Cushion (NLA), 10 October 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 April 2015.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF63959 Map: 1803. Enclosure Award map of Mattishall.
- <S2> SNF63960 Map: 1783. Early Mattishall Parish Map.
- <S3> SNF92939 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1998. Mattishall SMR 33882. Earthwork Survey Report.
- <S4> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 56.
- <S5> SNF82757 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 377.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2022 8:39AM