Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17911 |
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| Type of record: | Place |
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| Name: | Site of barrow and moot hill for Hundred of Henstead (Stoke Holy Cross, poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that a site referred to as 'Modberge' is known to have existed in the parish of Stoke Holy Cross, and was a barrow used as a moot hill for the Hundred of Henstead. The exact location of this site is unknown.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of 'Modberge', barrow used as a moot hill for Hundred of Henstead. (S1) and (S2).
Tithe map gives no comparable name in parish.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 8 February 1982.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- MOOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12. |
| <S2> | Publication: Anderson, O.S.. 1944. English Hundred Names. p.80. |
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