Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32228 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks of three or four possible medieval moats |
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Summary
Aerial photography from 1990 indicates the earthworks of three or four possible medieval moats arranged each side of a stream, which is diverted along the side of one of them.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 989 335 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93SE |
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| Parish: | THURSFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1 August 1990. NAU aerial photography.
Earthworks of three or four moats (possible) arranged each side of stream which is diverted along the side of one of them. Note also feature on Ordnance Survey map behind farmhouse that also resembles a moat in plan (hidden by
trees on aerial photography).
D. Edwards and E. Rose (NLA), 22 January 1997.
April 1998. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000 for the north-west part of site, with sketch plot of remainder at 1:2500.
See report (S1) for further details and copy of plan (S2). This survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), 26 May 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
Site under good grass cover, grazed by cattle in summer months.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 September 1999.
Management Agreement (S4) signed 12 October 1999.
See copy in office file.
Compiled by H. Paterson (A&E), 14 October 1999.
Monument Types
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VILLAGE GREEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WATERMILL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 9933 A-C. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1998. Thursford SMR32228. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Cushion, B. 1998. Plan of earthworks at Thursford SMR 32228. Film. 1:1000. |
| <S3> | 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 378. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Management Statement. |
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