NHER 23391 (Monument record) - Deserted medieval/post medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This is the site of a medieval and post medieval settlement recorded in documentary sources. A survey of 1565 shows areas called Rattongate and Haliards, both with streets and houses. None of the houses survive, while the routes of some of streets survive as trackways or field boundaries. Artefacts have been recovered from the areas. They include Neolithic flint artefacts, sherds of Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery and pieces of medieval and post medieval metalwork.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19SW
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Full Description

Site of Rattongate and Haliards, marked as streets with houses along them in a survey of 1565, reproduced by member of the public [1] in 1967 (S1).
Information from W. Milligan (NCM).

How does this relate to Kettleton deserted settlement (NHER 10025) which supposed to be situated where Forncett End now is?
E. Rose (NAU), 3 March 1987.

Pre July 1987. Area of site extended to each side of line to include finds from fieldwalking.
See map (S2) and list in file.
All fields in site yielded post medieval sherds, Neolithic flint, Late Saxon and medieval sherds, medieval and post medieval metalwork, including gilt buckle.
Individual fields:
Fields OS 499 and 505 - Iron Age sherds.
Fields 505 and 506 - Roman sherds.
Field 505 - Slag.
Information from member of the public [2].
W. Milligan (NCM), 13 July 1987.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF5645 Publication: Davenport, F.. 1906. The Economic Development of a Norfolk Manor 1086-1565.
<S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (10)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2013 11:05AM