Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16178 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval/post medieval livestock market and multi-period finds |
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Summary
This is the site of Kipton Ash Fairstead, a place where large cattle and sheep fairs were held from the late medieval period to the 19th century. During 1972-80 a number of small finds were recovered from this field including oyster shells, post medieval coins and Neolithic flint scrapers. Metal-detecting in recovered prehistoric worked flints; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and a Roman brooch and seal box.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 829 241 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF82SW |
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| Parish: | WEASENHAM ST PETER, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of Kipton Ash Fairstead.
Large cattle fairs held in late medieval to 19th century when ruined by outbreaks of disease.
Pre 1980.
Informant [1] found many oyster shells, post medieval coins on this field forming a salient in the parish boundary which is noted by local tradition as the fairstead.
A clue to location of the deserted medieval village? - see NHER 3674.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 2 June 1980.
Marked as Kipton Ash Fair Place on 1836 1in Ordnance Survey.
West end of this field is Four Knightways, where informant's [1] catalogue records flint finds.
3 October 1972. Found by [2].
Scraper (Hook catalogue 89-90Z).
Information from (S1).
26 December 1972.
Scraper (Hook catalogue 68a).
Information from (S1).
26 December 1974.
Miscellaneous tools (Hook catalogue 82M).
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 24 February 1981.
April-May 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Mesolithic/Neolithic flint blade.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scraper.
1 Roman coin, Dolphin brooch and seal box.
1 medieval coin.
2 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MARKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MARKET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
- SEAL BOX (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 103 AD to 111 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1641 AD to 1643 AD)
- COIN (18th Century - 1714 AD to 1714 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 3674 | Related to: Kipton deserted medieval village (Monument) |
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