Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11042 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks south and east of Church Farm |
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Summary
Post-medieval enclosure earthworks surveyed in 1997. Late medieval pottery found in the area suggests the earthworks surrounded an area of settlement.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2705 8724 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28NE |
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| Parish: | ALBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Earthwork of linear ditch, perhaps boundary. Collection of medieval and post medieval sherds from area. See details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 18 January 1991.
July 1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:2500.
Doubts as to `village earthwork' status. Enclosure boundaries, probably mostly of post-medieval origin as the most likely explanation.
See report (S1) for further details and copies of plan (S2) and Enclosure/Tithe Map reconstructions (S3). This survey is also noted in (S4).
B.Cushion (NLA) August 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
October 2004. Visit.
Good ha ha noted around graveyard of All Saints' Church.
H. Paterson (A&E), 17 December 2004.
September 2009. Casual find.
Casual finds during lowering of ground surface near HER 22431: many sherds of late medieval transitional pottery and very few later pieces.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 October 2009.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (Undated)
- DITCH (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- HA HA (Undated)
- HEARTH (Undated)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VILLAGE GREEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Alburgh. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Alburgh SMR11042. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Cushion, B. 1997. Plan of earthworks at Alburgh SMR 11042. Film. 1:1250. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Cushion, B. 1997. Reconstruction of boundaries shown of Alburgh Tithe Map (1840) and Enclosure Award Map (1803). Film. |
| <S4> | 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 193. |
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