Record Details

NHER Number:15473
Type of record:Monument
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Prehistoric flint flakes, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery fragments, together with post medieval clay pipe stems and a fragment of undated daub, were found on the supposed site of a manor house in 1979.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 2303 9325
Map Sheet:TM29SW
Parish:MORNINGTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1979. Around Maltoffice Cottages.
Two small dark grey flint flakes. One rim Thetford ware and daub fragment with wattle marks (date?).
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM).
Twenty one sherds medieval, four sherds late medieval/Transitional.
Five post medieval sherds, three stoneware, two clay pipe stems, heel iron. Also large quantity recent sherds.
This is said by informant [1] to be the site of a manor house.
A. K. Lawson (NCM) 1979.

Monument Types

  • MANOR? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Undated)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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)
  • SHOE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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