Record Details
NHER Number: | 10643 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of Pirnhow Hall, Ditchingham |
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Summary
The site of a medieval manor. Its exact location is uncertain.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TM 3421 9082 |
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Map Sheet: | TM39SW |
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Parish: | DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
(S1) shows buildings over site, but these removed by 1983. Probably only light sheds. iInformation from Norfolk County Council..
E. Rose (NAU), 9 March 1983.
Local story that materials, after demolition, were built into The Grove, nearby house of late 18th century on older core; but nothing there obviously reused except some undatable beams in the roof.
E. Rose (NAU),7 November 1985.
April 2001. Desk Based Assessment.
There are prehistoric and Roman sites nearby, but the location of Pirnhow Hall remains unknown.
See report (S2) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 May 2001.
Monument Types
- GREAT HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 SW 8. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Ditchingham. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map. |
<S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Tremlett, S. 2001. Land off Station Road, Ditchingham Norfolk: Report on an Archaeological Desktop Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 595. |
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