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Record Details

NHER Number:4255
Type of record:Monument
Name:Shouldham Priory and multi-period finds

Summary

This is the site of Shouldham Priory. It was established in about 1190 for Gilbertine monks and nuns and was dissolved in 1538. The ruins were removed in part during 1840 when stained glass, a stone coffin and a skull in a vessel were found. Since this time the site has been subject to numerous investigations, excavations and photographic surveys. This work has shown that the present Abbey Farm house sits over the nave of the Priory church and incorporates several blocks of medieval ashlar. It is also apparent that the majority of the earthworks lie to the south of the building and consist of quite complex water channels, rectangular enclosures and fishponds. As one would expect, a great variety of finds have been recovered from the Priory including medieval stone coffins, a medieval page turner, a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age arrowhead, a Roman coin hoard and numerous pottery sherds from various periods. A Middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery, remnants of an undated road, a Roman kiln, a post-medieval well and post-medieval houses have also been uncovered here.
Metal-detecting between 2009 and 2019 has recovered a large number of Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins, and a medieval jetton, as well as Roman brooches, a bracelet fragment, an inlay enamel seal box lid and a knife handle; a Late Saxon/medieval staff or sceptre terminal; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval harness pendant, harness mounts, purse fragment, thimble, rotary key, harness fitting, weight, and seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval vessel drop handle and post-medieval sword belt hangers, a spur fragment, coin weight, harness mount and incomplete pair of dividers.

Images

  • Late Saxon/medieval staff or septre from NHER 4255 © Norfolk County Council
  • Roman knife from NHER 4255 © Norfolk County Council
  • Roman coin from NHER 4255 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix from NHER 4255 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness pendant from NHER4255 © Norfolk County Council
  • Romano-British seal box lid from NHER 4255 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF60NE
Parish:SHOULDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Gilbertine Priory, for monks and nuns.
Ruins in part removed 1840 when stained glass, stone coffin and skull in vessel found.
1867. Stone coffin found.
1871. Stone coffin found.
1940. Medieval tile and metalwork dug up.
1946. Medieval book tweezers or goldsmith's tool found.
1949-51. Roman coins, sherds and other items found.

Pre 1951. Stray Find.
Several undated objects seen by R. R. Clarke [14] that had apparently been found "north of Abbey Farm House". These included:
1 bone tool (possibly for pottery decoration).
1 spindle whorl of red pottery.
1 baked clay object resembling a sling shot bullet.
1 clay cup with coarse decoration initially identified as a Middle Bronze Age 'incense cup'. This object was donated to the King's Lynn Museum in 1958 when its examined by the Geological Survey and its material identified as cement, which would make it a modern object. It could not be identified in the museum's current records suggesting it may have been discarded.
Information from record cards (S19), which have sketches of all four objects.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 August 2018.

1954. Coffin foundduring ploughing. See rough sketch (S29).

1954. Excavation of monastic cemetery. See unpublished report (S25). Also reported in (S8) and (S24). See rough sketches (S28).

1957. Floor of glazed tiles found.

1960. Stray Find.
Bronze Age Bucket Urn found.
Donated to King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1963.27).
Noted in (S14) and described and illustrated in (S15).
The urn is a Middle Bronze Age vessel of the Deverel-Rimbury tradition.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2018.

1963 of before. Stray Find.
Found at "Abbey Farm Shouldham" (this site?).
Medieval enamelled horse harness stud. See drawing (S4) and sketch (S16).
Donated to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1963.99).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2018.

1969. Excavation of medieval tile kiln.

1972. Stray Find.
Found outside scheduled area at [15]:
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. See drawing (S20).
One of the finds from Shouldham listed in (S21).
Information from (S14).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 August 2018.

1973. Excavation.
Excavation by [11] of soakaway for piggery at [12] (Context 1), close to site of Bronze Age urn found in 1960. This work confirmed that this is the site of a Bronze Age cremation cemetery, with five more interments revealed:
Nos 2 to 5 - urnless cremations.
No 6 - Bucket urn containing cremation. Opened by W. Milligan (NCM) in NCM lab and found to contain multiple cremations. See drawings (S12) and (S13). This urn was donated to the Norwich Castle Museum and subsequently passed to the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1977.198).
See published report (S17) and unpublished report (S26) for further details. Also reported in (S1).
The urn is also described and illustrated in (S15) and (as with the earlier discovery) would now be regarded as an example of the Middle Bronze Age Deverel-Rimbury tradition.
Found nearby:
Deposit of 13th- to 14th-century architectural fragments.
Found at [13]:
Very large prehistoric flint flake with secondary working.
Information from (S14) and (S18).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2018.

1975. Post medieval well of reused stone and Roman coin hoard found, only one identifiable - Antoninus Pius, with a possible kiln.
1977. Ditch noted in section.
1979. Road seen in section. Medieval-post medieval sherds found.
1980. Two post medieval house sites, medieval pits, ditched tofts and patch of tile found.
1982. Fenland fieldwalking. Roman and Iron Age sherds.
1983. Excavations revealed medieval-post medieval walls and sherds. See short report on cable trench watching brief (S22) and location plan of foundations excavated (S5).
1987. Fenland fieldwalking. Roman sherds.
1987. University of East AngliaFarm Building Survey. See unpublished survey form (S23).
1992. Metal detector find. Medieval metalwork found.
1993. Part of site destroyed by reservoir.
For full details of wares, flint types, etc., see Fenland folders.
See full details, including detailed analysis of site in file.
See 25in overlay as well as 6in.
E. Rose (NAU) 27 July 1990.

1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks/earthworks.
Linear/curvilinear feature.
D. Voisey (NLA) 20 February 1995.

22 July 1993. NLA air photography.
Very little of archaeological remains visible bar earthworks to south of farm.
Newly excavated irrigation reservoir clearly visible.
See (S1).
M. Brennand (NLA) 7 February 2001.

28 April 1994. NLA aerial photography.
The earthworks of the priory are complex, water channels and enclosures can clearly be seen from the air photos. The details are the same as the existing earthwork plot. Cropmarks can be detected to the north of the earthworks. These are rectilinear enclosures relating to the priory layout.
See (S2).
S. Massey (NLA) 6 February 2001.

March 1996. Earthwork Survey.
Survey of surviving earthworks in grassland to south-west of Abbey Farm.
See report (S9) for plan and further details. This site is amongst those included in (S10) and the survey is also noted in (S11).
P. Watkins (HES), 21 March 2017.

November 2006.
Scheduled monument consent granted concerning archaeological evaluation by geophysical survey and trial trenching.
See (S3).
H. White (NLA), 6 April 2009.

September-October 2009. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British and medieval pot sherds, fragment of medieval/post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 November 2009.

October-November 2009. Metal-detecting.
3 Roman coins, medieval strap end and post-medieval belt or harness mount and a button.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 December 2009.

February-March 2010. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins; medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 March 2010.

March-April 2010. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins and medieval harness mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 May 2010.

October-November 2010. Metal-detecting.
3 Roman coins, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval buckles.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 9 December 2010.

August -September 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman Republican denarius.
See lists in file.
A Marsden (HES), 5 October 2011.

November-December 2011. Metal-detecting.
17 Roman coins.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 4 January 2012.

February-March 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
35 Roman coins, a Roman bracelet and knife handle (S6).
See description in file and PAS records for numismatics.
S. Ashley (HES), 28 March 2012.

April-May 2012. Metal-detecting. [2].
7 Roman coins and Roman seal box lid.
See lists in file and PAS records for numismatics.
A. Rogerson (HES), 6 June 2012.

May-June 2012. Metal-detecting. [3].
9 Roman coins, Roman brooch and Late Saxon/medieval staff or sceptre terminal (S7).
See lists in file and PAS records for numismatics.
S. Ashley (HES), 29 July 2012.

June-July 2012. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Marsden (HES), 16 October 2012.

October-November 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Late Iron Age coin (Roman issue of Augustus).
3 medieval coins, 1 jetton and a seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

July-September 2015. Metal-detecting. [6].
6 Roman coins.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 October 2015.

November-December 2015. Metal-detecting. [7].
Medieval harness pendant.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

December 2015-January 2016. Metal-detecting. [8].
Roman brooch.
2 medieval coins and buckles.
Medieval/post-medieval vessel drop handle.
Post-medieval buckles, a harness mount and spur fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2016.

October-November 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the eastern field boundary. [10].
26 Roman coins and brooches.
1 medieval coin, harness mounts, and a thimble.
Post-medieval buckles, sword belt hangers, and an incomplete pair of dividers.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 15 December 2016.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. [16].
18 Roman coins, brooches and a furniture fitting.
2 medieval coins, a rotary key, harness fitting, weight and buckle.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 November 2017.

February-March 2018. Metal-deecting. [17].
1 Late Iron Age coin, a silver unit of the Iceni.
Medieval harness mount.
1 post-medieval coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

October-November 2018. Metal-detecting. [18].
2 medieval coins, buckles, and a purse fragment.
2 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 January 2019.

March-April 2019. Metal-detecting. [19].
4 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2019.

July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [20].
1 Late Saxon/medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019.

See [9].
A. Beckham (HES), 5 December 2016. Amended 15 March 2018.

Monument Types

  • ROAD (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • CREMATION (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FEATURE (curvilinear, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • NUNNERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PRIORY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCHOOL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TILE KILN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WATERCOURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PUMP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WATERCOURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • PLANT REMAINS (Undated)
  • POTTERS STAMP (Undated)
  • RING (Undated)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Unknown - 46 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 10 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 2 BC to 4 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 60 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SCEPTRE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STAFF (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • WASTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 79 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 117 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 138 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 125 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 161 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (Roman - 138 AD to 161 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 145 AD to 175 AD)
  • PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 157 AD to 158 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 175 AD to 175 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 222 AD to 235 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 253 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 269 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 270 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 280 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 280 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 287 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 321 AD to 324 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 323 AD to 326 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 325 AD to 326 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD? to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 378 AD to 383 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1200 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COFFIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KILN FURNITURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STAINED GLASS (WINDOW) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1204 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1204 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1236 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1400 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1314 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1354 AD to 1355 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1373 AD to 1415 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1530 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1551 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 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)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1619 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

---Drawing: Edwards, D.A.. 1989. Plan of cropmarks and earthworks at Abbey Farm, Shouldham, as transcribed from aerial photographs. Cropmark Plot.
---Drawing: Watton Yorks. [unknown. Very rough sketch plan of layout of Gilbertine Priory.
---Photograph: JQ10, JQ8, JQ1-7,12-19,25, ZS15-19.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SHD 1. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SHD 2. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SHD AN. FENS.
---Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 12.
---Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF119.
---Publication: Smallwood, J.. 1999. The Annual. No 8. p 11.
---Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-562.
---Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-563.
---Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-564.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TF 6709AM - AL.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 6809ACJ - ADB; TF 6709AN.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NE 2 [3]; TF 60 NE 3 [2]; TF 60 NE 22; TF 60 NE 27; TF 60 NE 29; TF 60 NE 30b.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Article in Monograph: Smallwood, J. 1978. A Medieval Tile Kiln at Abbey Farm, Shouldham. East Anglian Archaeology. No 8, pp 45-54.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 621.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Shouldham.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Shouldham [5].
---Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1955. Norfolk Research Committee Excavations, 1954. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 7 (for 1954) p 1.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Slide: Various. Slide.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1954. Bones of ancient men discovered in Sunday dig. 19 February.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF119.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF119.
---Designation: NCM Staff. 1950?-1960?. Data submitted with sheduling request. NHER 4255.
<S1>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TF 6809ABX - ACB.
<S2>Aerial Photograph: TF 68 09 ACD-ACH.
<S3>Designation: DCMS. [?]-2016. Scheduled Monument Consent. SAM Consent. DNF119.
<S4>Illustration: Ashley, S. Unknown. Drawing of a medieval coppy alloy harness stud. Film. 2:1.
<S5>Drawing: Unknown. Unknown. Sketch plan of Abbey Farm, Shouldham.. Site location plan. Paper (photocopy). 1:2500.
<S6>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy knife handle.. Film. 2:1.
<S7>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2012. Drawing of a Late Saxon/medieval cast copper alloy staff or sceptre terminal. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S8>Serial: 1954. Council for British Archaeology Group VII Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 1. p 3.
<S9>Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1996. Shouldham Priory SMR4255 [Earthwork Survey]. Earthwork Survey Report.
<S10>Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 151.
<S11>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 559.
<S12>Illustration: Lawson, A. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age pottery cremation urn. Paper. 1:1.
<S13>Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Unfinished drawing of a Late Bronze Age pottery cremation urn. Paper. 1:1.
<S14>Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S15>Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. J. 1980. The evidence for Later Bronze Age settlement and burial in Norfolk. Settlement and Society in the British Late Bronze Age. Barrett, J. and Bradley, R. BAR British Series 83 pp 271-293. No 21; Fig 4A-B.
<S16>Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Sketches of heraldic pendants, badges and mounts in the King's Lynn Museum. Paper. Not to scale.
<S17>Article in Serial: Well, C. 1976. An Urned Cremation from a Late Bronze Age Cemetery at Shouldham, Norfolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol CXXXIII pp 38-42.
<S18>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Shouldham (Abbey Farm).
<S19>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Shouldham [4].
<S20>Illustration: [Unknown]. 1972. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. Paper. 1:1.
<S21>Serial: 1972. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1972. No 19. p 9.
<S22>Unpublished Report: Silvester, R.J. 1983. Abbey Farm, Shouldham. Report on a watching brief held during the excavation of an electricity cable trench.
<S23>Recording Form: University of East Anglia. 1987. University of East Anglia Historic Farm Building Survey Record. Historic Farm Building Survey. Abbey Farm, Shouldham.
<S24>Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. pp 412-413.
<S25>Unpublished Report: Wells, C ?. 1954?. An interim report on the human skeletal remains from the Gilbertine monastery at Shouldham, Norfolk.
<S26>Unpublished Report: Smallwood ? or Wells ?. 1973. Draft report for CBA Bulletin No 20 for 1973.
<S27>Serial: 1973. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1973. No 20. p 13.
<S28>Drawing: [Unknown]. 1954. Very rough sketches of 1954 excavations at cemetery of Shouldham Priory.
<S29>Drawing: Clarke, R.R. 1955. Sketch of dimensions of oolite coffin slab recovered from Shouldham Priory in 1954.

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