| NHER Number: | 6028 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval moat |
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Summary
This possible fortified medieval moat site was surveyed in 1980. Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval fragments of pottery were found.
| Grid Reference: | TL 9692 8541 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Monument Types
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Undated)
- FORTIFICATION (Undated)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS
- BRICK
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Fortified medieval earthwork site.
1946. RAF aerial photograph.
Oval moated site with rectangular annexe on south.
11 May 1958. Visit.
Enclosure identified on ground.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
(S1) records as part of a drainage complex, the annexe being a reservoir.
27 July 1978. Visit.
Now afforested. Suggest the Ordnance Survey mistook the central pond for the annexe. Ditches of the latter are very shallow, now, but ditch on south and east of oval deep, still marshy, with area inside embanked high. Central pond is a puzzle and the whole thing does not look like a moat to me.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 July 1978.
September 1980. Detailed survey.
Suggests a fortified spur.
Produced medieval to post medieval sherds.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 12 January 1981.
1981 to 1983. Fieldwork.
Produced Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 13 March 1990.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Bibliographic reference: 1983. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII, Pp 329ff. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary file. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL 9685A. |
| S1 | Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey records. |
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