Record Details

NHER Number:32889
Type of record:Monument
Name:Evidence of Late Saxon to post medieval buildings

Summary

Excavation in 1997 revealed a Late Saxon to Early medieval ditch and post hole building, as well as activity through the medieval and post medieval period. Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery fragments were also found, as well as animal bone and fired clay.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2449 3911
Map Sheet:TG23NW
Parish:NORTHREPPS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1997 and earlier. Excavation.
Area being excavated revealed cellar of masonry building, massive pits, linear features and well.
Details to follow, from NCM. (S1) and report on site visit in file.
Slides in photo archive (S2).
D.Gurney (NLA), 14 August 1997.

Detailed report in file (S3) describes Late Saxon/Medieval ditch and posthole, medieval pit and well. 16th to 17th century buildings of Church Farm. Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery, animal bone and shell, fired clay.
The results of this work are also noted in (S4).
E. Rose (NLA), 20 October 1997.

The finds recovered during the excavations at this site include a fragment of a Neolithic flint adze - see drawing (S5) [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2019.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • DITCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CELLAR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Unknown date)
  • ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BRIQUETAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Yardley, C. J. 2011. The Mun Valley: Historic landscape Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment for Norfolk Coast Project. p 10.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Illustration: Holness, A. 1996. Drawing of a medieval pottery jug. Paper. 1:1.
<S1>Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.
<S2>Slide: Various. Slide.
<S3>Unpublished Report: Mindham, J. 1997. Northrepps Archaeology Project. Interim Report 2.
<S4>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 202.
<S5>Illustration: Robins, P. 1994. Drawing of a Neolithic flint adze fragment. Paper. 1:1.

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