NHER 21627 (Monument record) - Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age site, Late Saxon pottery works, medieval settlement and multi-period finds

March 1985. Field Ordnance Survey Great Fransham 290. Field walking in good conditions.
Thetford type production site, see (S1).
Roman sherds including Nar valley and bowls.
Roman brooch, Colchester rear hook derivative mid to late 1st century AD
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU)
Medieval sherds including Grimston, early medieval, late medieval/early post medieval.
Worked flint.
Post medieval sherds including Stoneware.
Undated sherds.
Beaker impressed sherd identified by F. Healy (NAU).
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 14 August 1985.

1988.
Further work.

This site is recorded as LS14 in (S2). Most of the Thetford sherds recovered from the site are debris from pottery production, although no evidence of kiln structures has been found. Production may have taken place in the late 10th or early 11th century. Late Saxon pottery production sites are extremely rare in rural contexts.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 16 December 2005