Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1035 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moat and later duck decoys |
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Summary
This medieval moat has later duck decoys added to the northeast, southeast and southwest corners. Fieldwalking in the interior recovered 13th-17th century pottery and tile.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 937 077 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NW |
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| Parish: | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1973.
Moat, ditches survive, but interior under plough: small pond on interior. Pot and tile scatter. 13th-17th century.
A. Rogerson (NAU)
May 1973.
Surveyed during Manpower Back to Work funded rapid moat survey.
See (S1).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 August 2001.
29 July 1977
Aerial photograph reveals ditches wooded. Small suggestion of outer enclosure to east on (S2) no longer exists.
The extensions to the northeast, southeast and southwest corners are later decoy constructions.
NAR records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 20 August 1990
Interior higher than surrounding land. West arm narrows. Some small brick fragments noted.
H. Paterson (A&E) 17 September 1998.
24 July 1992. NLA air photography.
Moat and drainage channels visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 22 February 2001.
25 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Wooded moat still visible surrounded by old field boundaries and pits and ponds.
S. Massey (NLA), 22 November 2001.
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- DECOY POND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE
- Management Statement
- Management Statement
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF9307 A-D,M,N. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1992. TF 9307Q - S. |
| --- | Illustration: Rogerson, A. and Mauser, J.. 1973. Rapid Moat Survey Sketch Plan. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9307T - Z. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 NW 16. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Thorogood, P.. 2000. Duck Decoys of Norfolk (UEA BA Dissertation ref HISH 3P2Y). |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Archive: Norfolk Monuments Management Project File. |
| <S1> | Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
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