Record Details

NHER Number:23459
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval moat at Little Church Farm

Summary

This site is described as moated site called Bugmongers Tenement in a document written in 1592. The unusual name comes from Adam le Bucmonger 1240 to 1256 who owned the site. The ponds marked around Little Church Farm on maps may be part of the medieval moat.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 3836 9882
Map Sheet:TM39NE
Parish:HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Site described as a moated site in (S1) named as Bugmongers Tenement after Adam le Bucmonger 1240 to 1256. Ponds marked around present house on (S2) could be remains of moat.
Information from [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 11 March 1987.

Monument Types

  • MOAT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POND (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Unpublished Document: 1562. Cartulary.
<S2>Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..

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