NHER 23905 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval period, and a house is recorded on the site in a mid 14th century document. Field walking recovered prehistoric flints, pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods, as well as lava querns and whetstones of unknown date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91SW
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

25 March 1987. Old Ordnance Survey field L141. Field walking, medium conditions, not very weathered.
Possible Roman sherd.
Thetford type ware.
Medieval wares including Grimston and early medieval.
Worked flints.
Hone.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 6 August 1987.

1994. Field walking finds.
Context 17. Semi-weathered veg patch re-examined. 1 medieval sherd.
Context 18, contexts 1, 3, and 5. Dead maize.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 25 January 1995.

This site is recorded as MED71 in (S2). A messuage is recorded on the site from the mid 14th century, and the settlement may have had its origins in the 11th century. The tenurial history of the settlement can be traced in documents dating from the mid 14th century, until the 18th century.
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 19 December 2005

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L141. AJGR.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
  • <S2> Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • WHETSTONE (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2021 11:26AM

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