Record Details

NHER Number:6041
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible medieval moat

Summary

A possible medieval moat can be seen on an aerial photograph and is recorded on an Ordnance Survey map.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 9725 8536
Map Sheet:TL98NE
Parish:HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

27 July 1978. Visit.
Pond on Ordnance Survey shaped like part of a moat. Now only a marshy hollow, densely overgrown - no surface evidence.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 July 1978.

25 October 1946. RAF aerial photograph.
RP CRE/UK/1801 frame 3151 (Unit file TL9685A) shows the southern end returning westwards, the whole dry, but no
evidence of western side.
E. Rose (NAU).

The L shaped pond is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (HES), 16 May 2011.

Monument Types

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TL9685A.
---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. Harling.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.

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