NHER 20519 (Monument record) - Site of Roman settlement, medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a Roman settlement, and fragments of Roman pottery and tiles were recovered during a field walking survey. This was also the site of a settlement in the medieval period. Iron slag of unknown date and a kiln bar of unknown date found during field walking suggest that this was an iron working site and the site of a pottery kiln. Field walking has also recovered prehistoric flints, parts of a medieval quern and fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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November 1983. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 58, and portion of Little Dunham 19, as parish boundary was further west in 1807. Detailed fieldwork.
Spread of slag; much medieval and post medieval sherds including Grimston and glazed red earthenware.
Some Roman greyware sherds and one tile.
Worked flints and lava fragments.
One kiln bar undated.
See (S1)
Information from A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU), 9 July 1984.

This site is recorded as RB6 and Med 3 in (S2).
No documentary evidence about the medieval settlement has been found.
See (S2).
S. Spooner (NLA), 15 December 2005.

August- September 2009. Metal detecting.
1 medieval silver coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 October 2009.

July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 183).
No finds of archaeological interest were recovered at this location.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF15323 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G58. AJGR.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2> SNF59813 Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
<S3> SNF102393 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (9)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KILN FURNITURE (Unknown date)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 12:21PM