Monument record FSF 041 - Home Farm Cottage site and associated artefacts

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Summary

Site of Home Farm Cottage; with associated medieval - post medieval pottery and metal artefact scatter including musket balls, a damaged arrowhead and 17 silver coins (?hoard) of c17th Century date

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 2869 7826 (105m by 115m)
Map sheet	TM27NE
Civil Parish	FRESSINGFIELD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Site of Home Farm Cottage; with medieval - post medieval pottery and metal artefact and coin scatter

Cottage, now demolished, marked on the OS 1:10560 map at TM 2873 7824. The site is marked by a spread of C16-C19 pottery, which merges with an earlier Med scatter to the north, see Med (S1).

Medieval artefact scatter includes copper alloy buckle, incomplete; iron socketed arrow head, damaged, see sketch. Post medieval finds include numerous musket balls, two 16th-17th C copper alloy double buckles, an unspecified quantity of late 17th C - modern copper alloy coins; and 17 silver coins of Elizabeth, James I and Charles I "with abnormally high number of shillings, probably a small hoard", see list (S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: fieldwalking & finds reports sheets.
<S1> SSF7264 Finds Report: Hardy M J,. 1991. Fieldwalking reports. Hardy M J, 1991.
<S2> SSF58656 Finds Report: Plouviez, J. & Martin, E.. 1997. SCCAS Finds Report: Fressingfield (FSF 041).

Finds (8)

FSF11965: POTTERY (19th century to 20th century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
FSF11966: POTTERY (19th century to 20th century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
FSF47868: MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FSF47869: BUCKLE (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
FSF47870: ARROWHEAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FSF47871: BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FSF47872: COIN (17th century to 20th century - 1650 AD to 1999 AD)
FSF47873: COIN (16th century to 17th century - 1560 AD to 1635 AD)