NHER 24673 (Monument record) - Possible medieval settlement

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Summary

Fieldwalking recovered pieces of medieval and Roman pot and undated lava quern. These finds may indicate an area of short-term medieval settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF80SE
Civil Parish LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Tools

1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking. Field LC2.
List in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 20 July 1988.

Context 1.
Twenty three medieval unglazed.
Seven glazed Grimston.
Three lava quern.

Context 2.
One ?Roman greyware.
Two medieval unglazed.
See (S1).
M. Dennis (NLA), 3 May 2006.

For details of fieldwalking see file for NHER 24669.

(S2) describes this as possibly being the site of medieval occupation. If so this was short-lived and may have been taken back into the common after abandonment.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 May 2006.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map..
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Davison, A. 1994. The Field Archaeology of Bodney and the Stanta Extension. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 57-79. p 69.
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2023 7:46AM

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