Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13520 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Norton's Broad, medieval peat cutting |
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Summary
This is the site of a medieval peat cutting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2907 1686 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21NE |
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| Parish: | WROXHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Medieval peat working. This broad was mentioned in an indenture of 1688, and was described as "all those pieces of water and fishing or ground covered with water commonly known by the name of Norton's Fen".
See (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 1 November 2007.
Monument Types
- PEAT CUTTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Lambert, J.M. & Jennings, J.N.. 1960. The Making of the Broads: A Reconsideration of their Origin in the Light of New Evidence.. p 69. |
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