NHER 20622 (Monument record) - Prehistoric burnt flint and multi-period finds

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Summary

A concentration of prehistoric pot boilers, prehistoric flint implements, fragments of medieval pottery and a post-medieval clay pipe, found during field walking and metal-detecting. Metal-detecting in 2011 recovered a post-medieval token, and belt or harness mounts.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1978. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 166. Field walking in good conditions.
Context 2: at 8846 1355 25m north to south, 20m east to west.
Prehistoric flint core.
Context 3 at 8849 1356 about 5m across.
Prehistoric pot boilers.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU), 5 September 1984

1986. Further finds.
Medieval sherd, post-medieval clay pipe bowl.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 11 November 1986.

January-February 2005. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric pot boilers noted at [1].
None noted here during Fransham survey (compare with PB21 and PB22 about 100m to the east northeast).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 March 2005.

June-July 2011. Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval token and two belt or harness mounts.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 29 July 2011.

July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 176).
No finds of archaeological interest were recovered at this location.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G166. AJGR.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2023 2:28PM

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