NHER 24708 (Monument record) - Possible prehistoric burnt mound and medieval to post medieval settlement

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Summary

Fieldwalking recovered pieces of medieval and post medieval pot, undated lava quern and whetstone and located a concentration of prehistoric burnt flint. The flint may be a prehistoric burnt mound. This was the location of medieval to post medieval settlement between High and Low Common.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF80SE
Civil Parish	LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking. Field LC40.
Pot boiler site.
Notes in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 1 August 1988.

For details of fieldwalking see file for NHER 24669.

(S1) describes this as part of the site as a L-shaped concentration of finds facing the droveway linking High and Low Common. It is the strongest of all settled areas facing the commons. There are hints of earlier activity.
See (s1).
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 May 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF5662 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.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (5)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
QUERN (Undated)
WHETSTONE (Undated)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

All Groups: NHER 24703 - Related to: Possible Early Saxon settlement and medieval to post medieval settlement (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 18 2023 7:47AM