NHER 42689 (Monument record) - Iron Age to Roman settlement at Fairswell Manor
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
November-December 2005.
Evaulation of two proposed development areas in grounds of Fairswell Manor. From context 1.
An NAU evaluation revealed Iron Age to Roman features and finds, suggesting that settlement activity extended into this area in the Iron Age to Roman period. Features included pits and postholes. The artefactual material, particularly butchery waste, recovered from one of these pits suggests the site was within or close to an Iron Age settlement. This area also appears to have fallen within the Roman settlement, as large quantities of Roman pottery were recovered from trenches at the southern end of the site.
Some evidence of medieval activity was found including a possible cesspit. However, Fairswell Manor does not appear to have had a medieval predecessor.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.266).
S. Spooner (NLA), 20 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2019.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF60038 Photograph: NAU. 2005. LKM - LKN.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF61336 Unpublished Contractor Report: Watkins, P. J. 2006. An Archaeological Evaluation at Fairswell Manor, Fincham. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1125.
- <S2> SNF81902 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2006. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2005. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 124-136. p 127.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (15)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POST HOLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CESS PIT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POST HOLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POST HOLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (13)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN BLANK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUILDING MATERIAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 16 2019 2:25PM