Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1618 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Gnattington deserted medieval village |
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Summary
This area is marked as Gnattington Green on a map produced in 1631. This suggests it may be the site of Gnattington deserted medieval village. Pieces of medieval pot, tile, quern, shells and metal working debris have been recovered. An alternative interpretation is that this is the site of a medieval fair.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7206 3745 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Five roads or tracks meet on (S1).
June 1961.
Early medieval sherds, fragments of lava, tile, oyster shell, etc. found, also iron slag and foundations of chalk and flint.
Possibly vill of Gnattington, or a fairstead.
Interpretation as vill from C.H. Lewton-Braine.
Interpretation as fairstead from D. Young.
(S2) gives documentary evidence for Gnattington being in this area, streching south to the Docking road, with its manor house at East Hall. But how much of the area was built-up, and how much the area of Gnattington Manor? The area south of East Hall is marked as Gnattington Green on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 25 July 1984.
Other sites suggested previously for Gnattington are NHER 1607 and NHER 1609.
E. Rose (NLA).
Monument Types
- BUILDING? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MARKET? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 73 NW 2 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Sedgeford. |
| <S1> | Map: 1631. Le Strange Estate Map of Sedgeford. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Hammond. [unknown]. NARG News. Vol 37. |
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