NHER 17187 (Monument record) - Possible site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the possible site of a small medieval settlement that had been abandoned by the late medieval to early post medieval period. Fieldwalking has recovered prehistoric flints, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery and other finds. Metal-detecting in 2018 recovered a medieval silver coin brooch.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39NE
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Late 1980.
Context 1. Surface finds in fieldwalking.
Flint scraper.
2 flint tools.
1 eroded Samian sherd?
48 medieval coarse sherds.
4 late medieval/Post medieval sherds.
1 malting kiln flue tile.
4 post medieval tiles.
Iron bar.
Finders: Hales Hall Survey.
NCM?
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) April 1981.

Winter 1981 to 1982.
Context 2. Scatter extended over whole field.
Flint flake.
Medieval unglazed sherd.
5 post medieval glazed, 1 stoneware.
1 lava fragment.
Slag.
Context 3. To east on line of removed hedge.
1 medieval unglazed.
3 late medieval glazed.
1 post medieval glazed.
Plan in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 14 March 1982.

(S1) records this as Site 23, a 'vaguely defined' medieval settlement site that had been abandoned by the late medieval to early post medieval period.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 23 May 2006.

October 2018. Metal-detecting. Iceni Tours. [1].
Medieval brooch made from a gilded silver gros tournois of Philip IV of France.
Information from PAS import.
This silver coin brooch was submitted for consideration as Treasure (Ref: 2021 T74).
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2021 and P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2023.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 23. Hales.
  • --- Map: Finder's Map..
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49. p 21.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLUE TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1285 AD to 1350 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2023 10:36AM

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