Archaeological test pit excavations in Fulmodeston, Norfolk in 2018 Catherine Collins 2019 Access Cambridge Archaeology Department of Archaeology University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3ER 01223 761519
[email protected] http://www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/ 1 2 1 Introduction A total of 11 1m2 archaeological test pits were excavated over a single two-day test pitting event in July 2018, in the village of Fulmodeston in north Norfolk, as part of the Independent Learning Archaeology Field School (ILAFS) and run by Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) out of the University of Cambridge. Fulmodeston is today a large parish, situated just to the east of Fakenham and south of the A148 connecting Kings Lynn and Cromer to the northeast. It was created from the amalgamation of the parishes of Clipstone, Croxton, Fulmodestone and Barney, all of which were recorded in the Domesday Book. The settlement today is focused around crossroads, at which sits the later 19th century Christ Church, built to replace the original medieval parish church of St Mary's that is now sited out to the far south of the village and behind Fulmodeston Hall. This may have also had Anglo-Saxon origins, as a church was mentioned in Fulmodestone in the Domesday Book, the settlement recorded as Fulmotestuna and owned by William of Warenne. The name Fulmodeston likely derives from Old German to mean 'farmstead of a man called ‘Fulcmod’ although it could also be from and Old English name to mean 'farmstead of Fulcmond'. 1.1 Access Cambridge Archaeology Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) (http://www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/) is an archaeological outreach organisation based in the Department of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, which aims to enhance economic, social and personal well-being through active engagement with archaeology.