Record Details
| NHER Number: | 57481 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks relating to possible site of Beck Hall, (NHER 31185 and 31186) |
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Summary
Earthworks relating to possible site of Beck Hall, (NHER 31185 and 31186) are visible on aerial photographs. Features recorded were probably medieval in date and included hollow ways, probable toft boundaries, ponds and remnants of other enclosure boundaries. These may suggest that this is the site of Beck Hall.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 0300 9087 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09SW |
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| Parish: | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks relating to possible site of Beck Hall, (NHER 31185 and 31186) are visible on aerial photographs (S1).
Features recorded were probably medieval in date and included hollow ways, probable toft boundaries, ponds and remnants of other enclosure boundaries, centred on TM 0309 9082.These may suggest that this is the site of Beck Hall, in fact many of the earthworks coincide with those depicted on the earthwork survey of 1995 (S2), including the sinuous ditches in the eastern field, centred on TM 0320 9086 and the east-west ditch (K) running from TM 0284 9105 to TM 0295 9103.
E. Ford (NMP), 29 November 2012.
Monument Types
- OVAL ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- POND (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1938 4059-60 18-JAN-1947 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 86. |
Related records
| 31185 | Related to: Possible site of Beck Hall, Quidenham (Monument) |
| 31186 | Related to: Possible site of Beck Hall, Quidenham (Monument) |