Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14071 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval house platforms |
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Summary
Medieval pottery and 'refuse' were found here when a bank was removed. An earthwork survey identified two rectangular enclosures and building platforms. One of these may correspond to the Bell Inn marked at this spot on Faden's map of Norfolk dated to 1797.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7387 1837 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NW |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1976? Roadside bank removed northeast of crossroads. Context 1 at 7381 1831.
Afterwards medieval sherds and 'domestic refuse' found.
Information from KLM.
October 1994. Earthwork Survey.
1:000 urvey of 1.5 hectares, including two toft like enclosures and building platforms near to cross roads. This may be site of 'Bell' inn (S1) but not confirmed.
Found in molehills on platforms:
2 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed body sherds).
Found in northwest corner of western enclosure:
3 medieval pottery sherds (2 body sherds of oxidised unglazed and 1 base sherd of unglazed).
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
See report (S2) further details and copy of plan (S3). The survey is also noted in (S4).
B. Cushion (NLA), October 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 March 2015.
Monument Types
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- INN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 71/TF 7418/C. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1994. Gayton Thorpe SMR14071. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Cushion, B. 1994. Plan of earthworks at Gayton Thorpe SMR 14071. Film. 1:1000. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1994. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 230-239. p 233. |
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