Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22679 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Middle Saxon and medieval settlement |
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Summary
Fieldwalking recovered prehistoric worked flints and fragments of Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery. Metal detecting recovered a 3rd century AD Roman coin and a medieval horse harness pendant. The concentration of Middle Saxon and medieval finds suggests this was an area of settlement during these periods.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 38 98 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1985 to 1986. Hales Survey, Heckingham sites 34, 37, 41.
Subdivisions of one field.
Fallow ground, vegetables and cabbages.
Context 1. Site 34 in (S1).
Two flints: one flake and one very small discoidal core.
Two Roman greyware.
Ipswich sandy; two rims, seventeen body sherds.
Ipswich pimply; three rims, eighteen body sherds and one handle.
Thirteen Thetford type.
Forty two medieval unglazed.
Three medieval glazed.
Four late medieval/transitional.
Two post medieval stoneware.
Eleven glazed red earthenware.
Context 2. Site 37 in (S1).
One body sherd pimply Ipswich.
Four medieval unglazed.
Three glazed red earthenware.
Context 3. Site 41 in (S1).
One base pimply Ipswich.
One body sherd sandy Ipswich.
Two Thetford type.
One medieval unglazed.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 June 1986.
Summer 1987.
Worn oval copper alloy coin, possibly 3rd century. Roman irregular.
Roughly circular double looped medieval gilt bronze harness pendant, central circular boss with six pointed star around it, points of star touching rim of outer circle, areas between points of star touching rim of outer circle.
Areas between points filled with stamped with circles. See (S2).
A. Gregory (NAU), 3 September 1987.
Site 34, 43/1 and 43/2.
This area has been interpreted as a Middle Saxon settlement. Limited area northeast of churchyard.
Site 36, 37, 38, 38L, 40A and 41.
This area has been interpreted as a Middle Saxon settlement. Field north of church.
Site 34.
This area has been interpreted as a medieval settlement. Site of important Middle Saxon concentration.
See (S3).
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)
- SETTLEMENT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 34. Hales. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 37. Hales. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 41. Hales. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes. |
| <S2> | Photograph: EGD 18-19. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 49. |
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