NHER 23085 (Monument record) - Site of Late Saxon settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 1986. Field L185.
Field walking, poor conditions, slightly weathered, maize 20cm high.
Considerable number of Thetford type sherds.
Some medieval sherds including Grimston.
Flints, copper alloy sheet.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 20 November 1986.
This site, and site NHER 23084, are recorded as LS2 in (S2). A small nucleated settlement grew up in the area around Little Fransham church in the 9th and 10th centuries, but was abandoned by 1100, as settlement gradually shifted towards the edges of the commons.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA), 19 December 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF15669 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L185. AJGR.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
- <S2> SNF59813 Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2011 4:25PM