NHER 30697 (Monument record) - Medieval enclosures and house platforms

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Summary

An earthwork survey recorded a series of rectilinear features, a square enclosure and an area of irregular platforms and banks. Within these platforms flint masonry fragments indicate the remains of a probable medieval structure. This may be a gateway entry to the medieval site at Berry Hall (NHER 11951). Fragments of medieval pottery were recovered.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF93NW
Civil Parish	WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July 1994. Earthwork Survey.
Survey of field to east of River Stiffkey.
East to west aligned ditches and one bank (possible causeway) cut by channel (see NHER 11951) and could be toft boundaries, although later drainage function. Square toft in southeast with wall section and flint masonry at ground level on northeast boundary near to disused pit, and possible hollow way as southern boundary. In northeast of site, small disused pit with possible hollow way leading from culvert across channel. 10m diameter mound 0.6m high inwest. Possible gateway to Berry Hall complex (see NHER 11951).
Pottery found TF 9420 3738. Grimston body sherd.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), July 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF92882 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1994. Gt. Walsingham SMR 30697 & 11951 (Part). Earthwork Survey Report.
<S2> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 44.
<S3> SNF86419 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 238.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (1)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 18 2018 1:48PM