Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8720 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval fishponds northeast of Manor Farm |
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Summary
This medieval fishpond complex comprises a perimeter ditch enclosing three minor ponds with an additional pond outside the ditch. The fishpond may have been unfinished or doubled as a decoy.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 946 084 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NW |
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| Parish: | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Moat (Ordnance Survey) northeast of Manor Farm.
E. Rose (NLA).
May 1973.
Surveyed during MPBW funded rapid moat survey.
See (S1).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 August 2001.
Marked as fish ponds (antiquity).
See (S2) and (S3).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 20 August 1990.
July 1994.
Ditch as shown on (S4) with ?three ponds at west end. No ponds at the east end, where the perimeter ditch is shallower and, in places, level.
D. Gurney (NLA), 19 July 1994.
February 1996. Visit to ascertain necessity for 1:1000 earthwork survey.
(S5) shows all features sufficiently well for all but the most intensive study. Decision made not to undertake larger scale survey unless specific request from English Heritage or other body.
B. Cushion (NLA), April 1996.
Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF9408 A-F. |
| --- | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 188. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 NW 13. |
| --- | 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. Bradenham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Rogerson, A. and Mauser, J.. 1973. Rapid Moat Survey Sketch Plan. |
| <S2> | Archive: National Archaeological Record. |
| <S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
| <S4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:25 00. |
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