Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32794 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval earthworks and multi-period pottery finds |
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Summary
An area of earthworks, including possible medieval house platforms, enclosures and roadways. Iron Age, Saxon and medieval pottery fragments found on the site indicate a long period of occupation.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7481 1296 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1997.
Area of earthworks including toft outlines, enclosures, former track/roadway from Hall to church and a sinuous bank and scarp boundary feature. Adjacent to northern end of Bichamditch (NHER 3937). Encroaches onto NHER 3906. Pottery finds included Iron Age, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), June 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2014.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Undated)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Narborough Park Earthworks SMR 3905, 3937, 32794. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 221. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 201. |
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