Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30843 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval settlement, Cottage Pasture field |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1994 and metal-detecting in 2015 recovered medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds, suggesting that this was the site of a medieval settlement and a possible moated site. This site is one of a number of similar small settlements strung out along the edge of a former green.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 05 99 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09NE |
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| Parish: | MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
20 May 1994. Fieldwalking.
Includes site of Manor Bungalow on Ordnance Survey now demolished; finder suggests possible moated site.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See full list and details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 12 September 1994.
(S1) notes a concentration of medieval pottery at this site which is suggestive of settlement activity. It is one of a number of such settlement sites strung out along a former green shown on (S2) and (S3).
See (S1) for more details. The discovery of this site is also noted in (S4).
S. Spooner (NLA), 16 May 2006.
June-July 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
2 medieval pottery sherds.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 September 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 14th Century - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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 | Unpublished Document: Davison, A.. 1994.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. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 234. |
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