Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20087 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moated site at West Carr |
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Summary
This medieval moated site includes two moats, enclosures, channels, ditches, and a possible fishpond. The site is divided into two by a tributary of the River Thet; one moat lies to the north of the stream and one is to the south. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, along with a number of linear and curvilinear ditches to the north east, which have been recorded separately (NHER 57500).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 023 947 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09SW |
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| Parish: | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
9 February 1984. NAU aerial photography.
Earthworks.
Two moats and adjacent earthworks - one complex north and south of stream.
Site recommended for schedule by D. Edwards (NAU) to P. Wade-Martins (NAU).
D. Edwards (NAU) 23 February 1984.
Earthworks/moats showing a good profile, some 1m in height in pasture field, grazed by cattle in summer months.
A small area to southeast has been fenced off and is cultivated.
H.Paterson (A&E) 5 November 1998.
January 1999. Earthwork Survey.
Earthwork survey at 1:1000.
Two separate moats with evidence for outer features are the site of Little Rectory Manor, the larger south moat being the more likely house site. Various enclosures, channels, ditches and a possible fishpond also recorded.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B.Cushion (NLA) 27 January 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2016.
December 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S4), along with a number of linear and curvilinear ditches to the north east, which have been recorded separately (NHER 57500). However, the West Carr moated site itself has not been mapped by the NMP since there were no features visible on the aerial photographs which were not depicted on the earthwork survey (S1).
E. Ford (NMP), 12 December 2012.
Monument Types
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GARDEN (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)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1999. Attleborough SMR 20087. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 90. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 522. |
| <S4> | Aerial Photograph: TM0294 A-E,L-M,Q-R,S,T. |
Related records
| 57500 | Parent of: Cropmarks and soilmarks of linear and curvilinear ditches possibly related to West carr medieval moated site NHER 20087 (Monument) |
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