Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4190 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated moat |
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Summary
A cropmark of an undated moat can be seen on aerial photographs. Records suggest this may have been destroyed in 1955 but it is still visible on photographs taken in 1993.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8943 1034 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81SE |
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| Parish: | NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
11 April 1971. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Soilmarks. Moat.
D. Voisey (NLA), 9 January 1996.
Large moat on Ordnance Survey, bisected by stream, half in wood.
According to R.R. Clarke (NCM) it was levelled in 1955 but nothing was found. However still marked on OS 1:50,000. Permission to visit refused due to owners absence.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 May 1978.
28 July 1977.
Excellent crop mark of moat, all flattened and ploughed except southeast corner which is a small copse under which the ditch might survive.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 October 1981.
29 June 1993. NLA air photography.
Cropmark of moat visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 29 January 2001.
Monument Types
- MOAT (Unknown date)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF8910A-C. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS 71-046-019. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 8910 F-H. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 SE 6 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Necton. |
Related records - none
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