Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15476 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable medieval moat |
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Summary
This undated rectangular moat can still be identified from earthworks between 1 to 1.5m deep and up to 5m wide. Further possible related earthworks can be seen in the adjacent field. It is probably medieval in date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9158 3392 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93SW |
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| Parish: | BARSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of moat.
Marked here on tithe map. Ordnance Survey mark a leat off the river, two sides of which can be recognised as part of the rectangular moat. On the tithe map the moat is complete and the leat joins the river further east.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 November 1979.
Measures approximately 45m north to south; 35m east to west. Ditch some 1 to 1.5m deep from top of bank, and maximum 5m wide, flat bottomed to south. Possible further earthworks in field to west.
H. Paterson (A & E), November 1992.
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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