NHER 20608 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds from garden of Post Office House

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Summary

Between 1978 and 2021 a number of finds were recovered during gardening at this location, including a Late Upper Palaeolithic double-ended flint scraper, prehistoric flint flakes and sherds of Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery.

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Location

Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1978 onwards. Stray Find.
Ordnance Survey plot Great Fransham 117 (Post Office House and garden owner [1], and garden to west [2]). Finds in gardening.
Few medieval sherds, two flints, one sherd glazed red earthenware.
Also two joining 19th century sherds found in heart of clay lump wall at first floor level when knocking window through by [1].
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 5 September 1984.

October 2005. Stray Find.
Casual find in garden:
1 Upper Palaeolithic double-ended flint scraper. See drawings (S2) and (S3).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2007.

March 2021. Stray Find.
1 Roman pottery pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2023.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF15126 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G117. AJGR.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2> SNF92159 Illustration: Robins, P. 2005. Drawing of an Upper Palaeolithic double-ended flint scraper from Fransham. Paper. 1:1.
<S3> SNF81514 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2011. Drawing of an Upper Palaeolithic double-ended flint scraper from Fransham. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (5)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)