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Record Details

NHER Number:	3570
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Reed Hall

Summary

This is the site of a large moated house called Reed Hall in 1724. Foundations have been found here and 15th to 16th century pottery, animal bones and a medieval quern stone have also been recovered. Metal detecting on the site has found a lead ampulla, probably from the shrine at Walsingham. The earthworks of the house have been seen on aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid Reference:	TF 7200 2403
Map Sheet:	TF72SW
Parish:	CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1964. Site of large house?
Foundations found. (On NCM map this is called 'Moated', but word is crossed out on card).
15th - 16th century sherds, stone mortar, Mayan lava, animal bones. Referred to as Reed Hall in 1734.
Material not checked.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1968-9. Stray Find, Spring Field.
Various objects found by [1], at least some of which are how held by the King's Lynn Museum:
1 Mesolithic flint core (KILLM : 1968.88).
1 undatable late prehistoric (or possibly later?) pottery sherd (handmade, wavy rim).
1 boar's tusk (KILLM : 1968.88.2).
It is suggested on (S3) that a spindle whorl was also recovered at this site. This is probably a ?medieval stone spindle whorl held by the KLM (KILLM : 1969.108). The museum's records suggest this was found in another field (Church Hill).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 December 2013.

?1975. Metal-detecting.
Medieval lead ampulla, one side has cockle shell, other a lily pot above R for founder Richelde. See drawing (S1). Probably Walsingham - cf (S2).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 29 July 1980. Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 29 July 1980.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2018.

5 August 1979. NAU Air Photography.
Earthworks. Miscellaneous earthworks.
D. A. Edwards (NAU), 19 March 1981.

Moated site of Reed Hall see above.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 June 1981.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Saxon - 4000 BC to 1065 AD?)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
POT (Unknown date)
BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
POT (Early Neolithic to Late Saxon - 4000 BC to 1065 AD?)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

SHINE

Sources and further reading

---	Aerial Photograph: TF 7123 S-T.
---	Serial: 1968. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1968. No 15. p 5.
---	Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 SW 28.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
---	Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Congham.
<S1>	Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1975. Drawing of a medieval lead ampulla. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>	Publication: Spencer, B. 1980. Medieval Pilgrim Badges in Norfolk. No 39.
<S3>	Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.