Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17368 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of possible medieval to post medieval settlement |
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Summary
Medieval and post medieval occupation and property boundaries revealed by a series of excavations during the late 1970s. Prehistoric worked flints, medieval pottery and a medieval coin from the reign of Henry II were recovered from the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6617 1600 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1976 to 1977. Glebe land retained for churchyard extension. Excavations for thesis data.
Some worked flint.
Late 12th century and post medieval occupation and property boundaries.
Animal bones.
Plant remains.
Late Stamford ware determined by thin sectioning.
Coin of Henry II (penny, cross with crosslets) from upper fill of a ditch.
Three field boundary ditches containing considerable quantities of domestic refuse.
Abraded sherds.
Above information from (S1) and (S2).
Location of site given by [1]'s father. [1] states some finds were made in cutting 'the access road south of Middleton Mount', presumably Church Close which runs up to the site indicated.
E. Rose (NAU) 7 September 1981.
Monument Types
- MIDDEN (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- PLANT REMAINS (Undated)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Correspondence: Wade-Martins, P.. 1978. Letter. 10 January. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Correspondence: Green, F.J.. 1977. Letter. 19 December. |
| <S2> | Correspondence: Unknown. 1981. Letters. |
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