Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10062 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval field system |
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Summary
A medieval field system, including evidence for strip cultivation, survived in this field until about 1905. Sadly, none of it now survives on the ground.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 162 947 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM19SE |
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| Parish: | FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Strip cultivation survived in this field until about 1905 according to informant [1].
See (S1).
October 1979.
No remnants now - a beet field.
Called Forncett Common Field on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 3 October 1979.
Monument Types
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Forncett. |
| <S1> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
| <S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
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