NHER 34247 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork of medieval toft

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Summary

This is the site of a small medieval settlement and slight earthworks of a medieval toft are visible on the site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91SW
District BRECKLAND
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

February 1999. Earthwork Survey.
Two short lengths of inward facing scarp may be remnants of soft/messuage boundary noted in (S1).
Height OD 65m.
See report (S2) for plan and further details. This survey is also noted in (S3).
See also NHER 33587, NHER 33588, NHER 33589.
B. Cushion (NLA) 24 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2015.

September 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The earthworks of a possible medieval messuage boundary, described above, were not identified on the consulted sources.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22 September 2023.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
  • <S2> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1999. Fransham SMR 33587, 33588, 33589 & 34247. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 527.

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2026 11:52AM

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