Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20724 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval settlement |
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Summary
Metal detecting and fieldwalking recovered prehistoric worked flints, part of a Late Saxon brooch, part of a late medieval ring and a medieval buckle. Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval coins were found. Fragments of Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery were also recovered. The concentration of medieval finds suggests this is an area of medieval settlement. This may have been associated with medieval clay extraction pits noted in the field.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Winter 1983 to 1984. Metal detector finds in topsoil.
Context 2 'Small area' in middle of field.
One Roman coin. Not seen by A. Gregory (NAU).
Part of Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch with very faint trace of interlace (very badly worn).
Part of Late medieval silver finger ring bearing two clasped hands and several medieval silver coins. Latter not seen by A. Gregory (NAU).
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 October 1984.
December 1985. Fieldwalking over all field, Hales Survey Heckingham site 23.
These finds are Context 1, 1983 to 1984 finds are Context 2.
Good conditions, mostly cereal with small ploughed area. Pits on north edge have medieval sherds on bottom so how old are they?
Nine flakes, one core, one scraper. Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU).
Two Roman greyware plus one base possibly coarse Roman.
One base and one sherd sandy Ipswich, twenty three Thetford type, thirty medieval unglazed, possibly some confusion between them.
One medieval glazed.
Ten late medieval/transitional.
Twenty post medieval.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
Information from [2].
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 June 1986.
January 2004. Metal detecting.
One Late Saxon and one post medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 2004.
January 2005. Metal detecting.
Medieval buckle in west part of field.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2005.
Site 23/1 and 23/2.
This area has been interpreted as a medieval settlement. Comparatively dense scatter including Thetford type and late medieval/transitional but no real concentration. Substantial but shallow pits now ploughed over. Medieval sherds in pits suggests early exploitation.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 February 2006.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- CLAY PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 23. Hales. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: CKT37, CKU1-3,15-17. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes. |
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