Record Details

NHER Number:30541
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of medieval settlement and multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking in 1993 and metal-detecting between 2011 and 2016 recovered late prehistoric worked flints, including a Neolithic part polished axehead fragment; late prehistoric, Iron Age to Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons; medieval to medieval/post-medieval whetstones and Early Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Early Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon bell; Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl; a medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval thimbles, a harness pendant, cloth seal, pendent bell and pendent frame from a purse; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and a lead weight and post-medieval crotal bells, a bell fragment, silver dress pin, spur fragment, harness mount and unidentified objects.
The concentration of medieval pottery found suggests that this was the site of a medieval settlement, one of a number of such sites strung out along the edge of a former green.

Images

  • Medieval buckle from NHER 30541  © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval unidentified object from NHER 30541  © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon brooch from NHER 30541  © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon bell from NHER 30541  © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval unidentified object from NHER 30541  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM09NE
Parish:MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

9 November 1993. Fieldwalking finds.
Iron Age, prehistoric, Roman, medieval sherds.
Hone.
Flints.
See full lists and plans in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 28 March 1994.

(S1) notes that this is the site of a probable medieval settlement, one of a number of medieval settlements which stood on the edge of a former green shown on (S2) and (S3).
See (S1) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 16 May 2006

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 23 May 2011.

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Neolithic/Bronze Age retouched flake.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Medieval cloth seal and buckle.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd and a crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval buckle and thimble.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments, a buckle and a hone stone.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2015.

March-April 2015. Metal-detecting. [4].
Early Saxon brooch.
Late Saxon bell.
Medieval buckle.
Post-medieval crotal bell, spur fragment and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 June 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [5].
2 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 October 2016.

November 2015-January 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
2 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin, buckles, a harness pendant, strap loop, unidentified lead object, unidentified copper alloy object and pendent frame from a purse.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [7].
Medieval pendent bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2016.

April-May 2016. Metal-detecting. [8].
Neolithic part polished axehead fragment.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
Medieval buckles, a strap mount and mount.
Post-medieval bell fragment and a silver dress pin of the bodkin-type. The dress pin was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2016T492).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

May-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval bar mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [10].
4 medieval coins and a jetton.
2 post-medieval jettons.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 April 2017.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 64 AD to 138 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 310 AD to 312 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 324 AD to 330 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • BELL (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1100 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1302 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1350 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1303 AD to 1305 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1675 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • DRESS PIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SPUR (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1638 AD to 1642 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Map: Finder's Map..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Davison, A.. 1994. Results of Fieldwalking around Morley Research Centre (Manor Farm).
<S2>Map: Waterman, T.. 1629. Map of Morley St Botolph with St Peter.
<S3>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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