Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3156 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moat |
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Summary
A medieval moat, with some surviving stretches of medieval flint retaining walls.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0999 2143 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Moat.
Shallow ditches but wet at time of visit.
On north, west and south sides flint retaining walls about 0.91m to 1.2m (3 feet to 4 feet) high, at southwest still having the outer facing, hold up a raised interior. No traces inside, some humps and bumps in field to southwest.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 31 March 1977.
See file for further details.
See (S1), copy in file.
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 12 June 1990.
December 2001.
Flint revetment visible, though obscured in many places by scrub and overhanging trees.
Several old trees on top of bank are leaning with exposed roots.
H. Paterson (A&E), 25 January 2002.3
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG0921A. |
| --- | 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. Witchingham (Great). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 SE 1 [4]. |
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