NHER 17809 (Monument record) - Site of medieval to post medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a common edge settlement during the medieval and post medieval periods. Fieldwalking on the site has recovered prehistoric flints, Roman tesserae, and medieval and post medieval pottery and finds. Fragments of medieval brick found on the site may have come from a house or other building on the site.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39NE
Civil Parish	HALES, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 1981. Found in fieldwalking by Hales Survey, site 31.
Prehistoric flints.
2 contexts.
Medieval, post medieval sherds etc.
For full details see file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 9 December 1981.

Winter 1981 to 1982.
Further finds.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 15 March 1982.

(S1) records this as Site 31, between Orchard Farm and Green Farm. Pottery dating from the 14th to the 16th centuries has been found on the site, and the fragments of medieval brick recovered are evidence of a former house site.
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 25 January 2006

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF14030 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 31. Hales.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
<S1> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (14)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BOTTLE (Undated)
BRICK (Undated)
NAIL (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
VESSEL (Undated)
VESSEL (Undated)
TESSERA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2025 10:22AM