Record Details

NHER Number:32166
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Late Saxon or medieval stone bridge

Summary

It is reported that a Late Saxon or medieval stone bridge existed here, where Gregs Dam (now Clarke's Drove or Chase) crosses Puny Drain.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6249 1567
Map Sheet:TF61NW
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Where Gregs Dam (now Clarke's Drove or Chase) crosses Puny Drain.
'...where there was formerly a stone bridge…' (1379 Commission of Sewers) quoted in (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) 3 January 1997.

Monument Types

  • BRIDGE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BRIDGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Monograph: Manning, M. (ed). 1988. Commons in Norfolk: historical and ecological studies of selected commons.. p 28.

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