Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31839 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval tofts and moated site |
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Summary
A series of earthwork enclosures are the remains of medieval tofts, extending from a medieval hollow way. Several house platforms have been identified, including one which is enclosure by a moat. Roman and medieval pottery, and other medieval finds, have been recovered from the site.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8444 0163 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80SW |
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| Parish: | GREAT CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1984.
(S1) shows rectangular ditched enclosure with other linear features.
1996. Visit identified a series of toft like enclosures, including one moated.
Some platforms indicate probable building positions.
Pottery, mostly medieval, found in 4 locations.
Earthwork survey to be arranged, pottery details to be incorporated into the resultant report.
B. Cushion (NLA) May 1996.
1996. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000. and (S1), including pottery details in file.
Roman and medieval pottery recovered.
See report (S2) for plan and further details (including information on pottery recovered). This site was included in (S3) and the survey is also noted in (S4).
B. Cushion (NLA) July 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- BUILDING (Unknown date)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Unknown date)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: TF 8401/G-J, OS 73.243.075. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1996. Gt Cressingham SMR31839. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 40. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 551. |
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