Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3195 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval manorial moat |
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Summary
The earthworks of a medieval moated site are visible on aerial photographs and on the ground. The moat is linked to two medieval fishponds, and an associated outer enclosure. Other earthworks on the site are probably drainage ditches. The moat is probably manorial and may be a predecessor of the nearby Hall.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0104 3541 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1960.
Possible moat seen on aerial photograph held by [1].
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Compare with (S2), which shows a moat like feature amongst drainage channels, but deeper.
13 November 1979. Visited E. Rose (NAU)
Probably a moat, square of fairly deep ditches, the southern side being the river, but the number of drainage ditches around introduce some doubt.
E. Rose (NAU)
23 July 1998. Visited by B. Cushion (NLA)
Confirmed moated enclosure at low level with some lower level embayments into platform.
Probable fish pond to west, with odd broad ridge to east of moat a possible outer boundary.
Possible forerunner of Hall to west.
Earthwork survey to be undertaken late in year.
B. Cushion (NLA) 23 July 1998.
November 1998. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000. Burnt flint area found.
See report (S3) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S4) and the survey is also noted in (S5).
B. Cushion (NLA) 7 December 1998.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Gunthorpe. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: TG 0135E. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1998. Gunthorpe SMR 3195. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 105. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 374. |
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