NHER 7269 (Monument record) - Middle Saxon to medieval settlement, site of a post medieval building and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1969. Surface finds. Context 1.
Ipswich ware (Middle Saxon) and Thetford ware (Late Saxon), and medieval sherds, two handmade ?Early Saxon sherds, battered Samian rim with other possible Roman sherds.
Information from (S3).
Reported in (S4) and noted on (S5).
P. Wade-Martins.
West of the church was a scatter of post medieval building material where a 16th century map marks 'site of rectory'.
1975. Context 2.
On ploughed surface. Medieval sherds including green-glazed Grimston, iron slag, fragment of lava millstone.
E. Rose (NAU).
7 March 1987. Fieldwalking. Context 3.
North part of field immediately south of the church.
Flints and prehistoric pottery, Iron Age? Pot and more Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See list and plot (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) and R. Silvester (NAU), 5 June 1987.
The quantity and concentration of Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval pottery suggests that there was settlement on the site during these periods.
See (S2).
D. Robertson & A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 May 2006.
Associated Sources (13)
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Longham [2].
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Longham [2].
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Longham [2].
- --- SNF89884 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Middle Saxon. Longham.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Longham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 9.
- <S1> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
- <S2> SNF5871 Monograph: Wade-Martins, P. 1980. Fieldwork and Excavation on Village Sites in Launditch Hundred, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 10. pp 33-39.
- <S3> SNF8625 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1972. Medieval Britain in 1970. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XV (for 1971) pp 124-179. p 129.
- <S4> SNF2434 Serial: 1970. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1970. No 17. p 10.
- <S5> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NW 24.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (12)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 651 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VICARAGE? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (12)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- MILLSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
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