Monument record MTF 008 - Buttons

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Summary

Medieval pottery scatter C15, together with C18-C19 pottery, found on site of farm buildings at Buttons (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2985 8147 (77m by 74m)
Map sheet TM28SE
Civil Parish METFIELD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Medieval pottery scatter C15, together with C18-C19 pottery, found on site of farm buildings at Buttons (S1).
C14-C15 pottery found 1984 (S2).
1475 Lay Subsidy of Metfield : 'James Barbor per tenement Betones'.
1973: AP shows all buildings demolished (S5).
2010: cropmarks of farmstead (by Michael Page, July 2010 - see parish file).
1880s and 1900s OS maps show various buildings, farmhouse and ponds, some are suggestive of possible moat.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> (No record type): Hardy M J, 1982.
  • <S2> (No record type): Hardy M J, 1984.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1982, PSIA, 35, 1983, (3), 231.
  • <S4> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1984, PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 48.
  • <S5> (No record type): OS, AP, 73 241 002, 1973.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2010 10:11AM

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