Record Details
NHER Number: | 56268 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Narborough Hall Park |
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Summary
The Park includes many earthworks including a possible Iron Age hillfort (NHER 3975), and earthwork evidence to suggest a medieval settlement (NHER 32794) was once on the land in the west of the park.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 7506 1318 |
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Map Sheet: | TF71SE |
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Parish: | NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Narborough Hall (NHER 3938) is shown on Faden’s map, surveyed in 1794, with a drive heading south-west to it through an area of trees. A tree belt runs along Narford Road, the south-west corner of the park, and all along the south until Hall farm.
The 1830s 1 inch First Edition Ordnance Survey map (S3) shows that the driveway is still the same place. The park extends as far east as a tree belt running north to south to the east of the Camphill Plantation. The Camphill Plantation is planted on top of a possible Iron age hillfort (NHER 3975). The park extends as far north as a wood straddling a channel to the River Nar. There is a linear lake east of the hall which lies in a north-south position. The Hall has outbuildings to the west, and the parkland appears to have lots of standing trees.
The 1857 estate map (S4) calls the area north-east of the Hall ‘Upper Park’. It is based on the Tithe Award map.
The 1884 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map (S5) shows the parkland landscape with positioned trees, the lake and the icehouse which is situated close to the southern boundary of the park.
An earthwork survey carried out in 1997 suggested there may have been a medieval settlement (NHER 32794) in the south-west area of the park (S6). This suggests that emparking was carried out before 1797 as Faden (S2) does not show any buildings in the area of the earthworks.
See (S1) for further information.
C. Hurst (UEA), 21 November 2011.
Monument Types
- LANDSCAPE PARK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ORNAMENTAL LAKE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TREE BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Unpublished Document: Norfolk County Council. [unknown]. Inventory of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Norfolk.. |
<S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
<S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
<S4> | Map: NRO. 1857. Narborough Hall Sale Map. |
<S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
<S6> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Narborough Park Earthworks SMR 3905, 3937, 32794. Earthwork Survey Report. |
Related records
3938 | Related to: Narborough Hall (Building) |
3905 | Related to: Post medieval ice house (Monument) |