Record Details
NHER Number: | 6632 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Possible medieval moat and/or ponds |
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Summary
A number of ponds survive in Moor Plantation and are visible on a map dating to 1838. It has been suggested that one or several of these are the remains of a moat, although it is equally possible that they originated as human-made or natural ponds.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1780 3929 |
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Map Sheet: | TG13NE |
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Parish: | AYLMERTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possible moat in Moor Plantation suggested by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Ordnance Survey say merely a series of water-filled depressions tidied up to form a decoy.
March 1977. Visit.
The wood has been mostly felled, a deep ditch dug around the exterior of the remainder, and the ponds mutilated by ditching and dumping. Impossible to form any conclusions.
E. Rose (NAU).
The Tithe map of 1838 shows the ponds identical to the pattern on the 1959 6in Ordnance Survey map.
E. Rose (NAU) 21 July 1986.
September 2002. Visit.
Further dumping over site. Much dead wood and scrub. Does not resemble a moat today.
H. Paterson (A&E) 11 March 2004.
Monument Types
- POND (Unknown date)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 13 NE 7. |
--- | 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. Alymerton. |
Related records - none
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