NHER 24314 (Monument record) - Site of possible medieval tofts in field north of Modney Hall

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a few prehistoric worked flints. Two concentrations of prehistoric burnt flints were identified. Ordnance Survey records suggest that earthworks in this field were the remains of medieval tofts and a 'trackway'. They have now been destroyed.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69NW
Civil Parish HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

23 February 1988. Fenland fieldwalking. Field north of Modney Hall.
Good weathered soil, young cereal.

Context 1. HLG BU.
A couple of flints.

Context 2 at 6110 9636. HLG 15.
On level part of island,sandy mineral soil. 36m east to west x 29m north to south at 4.3m OD.
Concentration of pot boilers, sparse but no flint.

Context 3 at 6103 9656. HLG 16.
On loam soil, formerly covered by peat. 28m northeast to southwest x 23m northwest to southeast at 3.4m OD.
Concentration of pot boilers, sparse but no flint.
R. Silvester (NAU), 23 February 1988.

For full details of wares, flint types, etc. see (S1).

Earthworks in a field of permanent pasture, centred at TL 6083 9633, comprise the truncated remains of steadings and a field system with a 'trackway' between them. The farmer states that masonry foundations lie near the surface over a large part of this field, but no structure outline is visible. Now all destroyed.
Information from (S2).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 29 March 1990.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG 15. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG 16. FENS.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG BU. FENS.
  • --- Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • <S2> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 20 2016 11:35AM

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