Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1454 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval fishpond or mill leat |
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Summary
An earthwork site, probably medieval in date, is visible on aerial photographs. This may be fishpond or possibly associated with a mill site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6764 3846 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF63NE |
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| Parish: | HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Rectangular fishpond.
?medieval fishpond.
R.R. Clarke (NCM) on (S1).
This card was confused with site NHER 1457 on a card made 20 August 1981.
However the position below the supposed mill suggests rather a mill leat.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 November 1981.
March 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks visible of a sub-rectangular sunken feature at TF 6764 3846, on 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S2). It measures approximately 18m by 6.5m. This has been interpreted as a medieval fishpond or possibly as being part of a mill site further down stream (NHER 1457). It seems likely that this feature is part of a much larger site (NHER 27731), also visible as earthworks on the 1946 RAF photographs. It is also possible that the site relates to a monastic cell (NHER 1444) located in the northwest corner of Heacham Park, or possibly a manorial site.
S. Massey (NMP), 20 March 2002.
Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- LEAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- WATERCOURSE (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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Heacham. |
| <S1> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3098-9 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 6739A-B). |
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