NHER 20799 (Monument record) - Prehistoric potboilers, medieval and post medieval pottery

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Summary

Two concentrations of prehistoric pot boilers have been found at this site during a field walking survey, as well as fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery. Metal-detecting in 2018 recovered a Middle Bronze Age palstave chisel.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1978. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 368. Field walking in good conditions.
2 areas of pot boilers; context 2 at 8915 1387 (6m diameter), and context 3 at 8915 1385 (12m diameter).
Context 1 medieval sherds including Grimston, post medieval sherds including glazed red earthenware and stoneware.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 24 October 1984

January 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave chisel or slender pastave (S2).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G368. AJGR.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age palstave chisel or axe. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CHISEL (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 3 2023 3:41PM

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