NHER 3501 (Monument record) - Little Appleton deserted medieval settlement

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Summary

This is the site of the deserted medieval settlement of Little Appleton. Medieval house platforms, hollow ways and ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on the ground. The site is shown as a substantial farmstead on an early 17th century estate map, and on an early 18th century map. A Late Bronze Age spearhead has been found on the site during metal detecting. Iron Age, Late Saxon and medieval pottery, as well as medieval tiles have also been found.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1020768: Appleton medieval and early post-medieval settlement

Location

Map sheet	TF72NW
Civil Parish	FLITCHAM WITH APPLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Full Description

Site of Little Appleton deserted village. Earthworks remain.

17 October 1953.
Rubbish pit with shells found, see (S1).

5 April 1984. Visited by E. Rose and [1].
Earthworks continue across the stream to the north.
Two hollow ways notes, one running east to west, the other north to south.
Medieval sherds and tile from pipe trench.

March 1988. Metal-detecting.
Found at Context 2 [2]:
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed leaf-shaped spearhead. See drawing (S2).
Identified by E. B. Green (NCM). Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.

1995. Earthwork Survey.
Earthwork plan at 1:1000.
Iron Age, Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds recovered. Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
See report (S4) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S5) and the survey is also noted in (S6).
Survey also takes in NHER 16999.
B. Cushion (NLA) October 1995.

See copies of (S7) and (S8) in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 18 October 2000.

April 2003.
Area scheduled.
M. Horlock (NLA), 14 August 2003.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF11562 Aerial Photograph: TF7027A-B; BKS/NCC 5185-6.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF50949 Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Flitcham with Appleton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF52553 Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
<S2> SNF99153 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1988. Drawings of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed leaf-shaped spearhead. Paper. 1:1.
<S3> SNF93934 Recording Form: Norfolk Museum Service and Norfolk Historic Environment Service Staff. 1974?-2016. Data Transfer Forms. Norfolk County Council.
<S4> SNF92568 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1995. Flitcham SMR 3501 Little Appleton. Earthwork Survey Report.
<S5> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 114.
<S6> SNF59457 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 401.
<S7> SNF59353 Map: Paston family. 1617. Map of the Manor of Appleton, the property of Sir Clement Paston, by Thomas Waterman junior, from a survey made by Thomas Wright at the request of Edward Paston in 1595..
<S8> SNF59662 Map: 1728-1744. Map of the Manor of Flitcham.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (10)

SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
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)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Flitcham with Appleton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2022 11:52AM