NHER 33882 (Monument record) - Site of medieval common edge settlement

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Summary

A group of ditched enclosures abutting the southern edge of West Green can be seen on aerial photographs and have been surveyed. These enclosures represent medieval common edge settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01SW
Civil Parish MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

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.

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  • <S1> Map: 1803. Enclosure Award map of Mattishall.
  • <S2> Map: 1783. Early Mattishall Parish Map.
  • <S3> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1998. Mattishall SMR 33882. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S4> Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 56.
  • <S5> 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.

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2022 8:39AM

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