Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32589 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Otterynghythe deserted medieval settlement |
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Summary
It is thought that this may be the site of Otteringhythe deserted medieval settment. Otteringhythe is known to have had a church, by no traces of this have previously been recorded on the ground. However an area of surviving earthworks potentially representing an area of medieval settlement have now been identified in this area, see NHER 61993. However an earlier Roman date is also considered a possibility. Fieldwalking in 1997 recovered a small number of sherds, comprising one prehistoric sherd and two medieval. Metal detecting in 2000 recovered three post medieval tokens, a Roman brooch and a number of medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 80 87 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NW |
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| Parish: | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
28 January 1997. Fieldwalking of land between river and railway. According to source [1] this is the site of Otteringhythe deserted village, and not Methwold Hythe as previously supposed. A church is recorded at Otteringhythe but no traces of this were found. (see also NHER 22053, with extract from Batcock.)
Three sherds recovered; two unglazed medieval, one handmade prehistoric, perhaps Iron Age.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA) - compare adjacent site NHER 5618.
Finds in NCM.
Evidence for village site is in (S1).
Plan in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 April 1997.
For an earlier inkling of the same theory see (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 14 February 2000.
Before May 2000. Metal detecting.
Three post medieval tokens.
Roman brooch.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 June 2000.
March 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An area of surviving earthworks potentially representing an area of medieval settlement have been recorded in this area, see NHER 61993. However an earlier Roman date is also considered a possibility.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th March 2017.
Monument Types
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Dymond, D. 1998. A Misplaced Doomsday Vill: Otringhythe and Bromehill. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 161-168. p 161. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Coulton, J. J. 1895. Names on the Wissey. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XII pp 13-24. p 19. |
Related records
| 61993 | Related to: Earthworks of medieval or earlier settlement (Monument) |
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