Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11384 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of possible medieval moat |
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Summary
A linear feature and enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It has been suggested that the enclosure could be a medieval moat and that the linear feature may be an old watercourse.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 072 272 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02NE |
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| Parish: | GUESTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| WOOD DALLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1979. Visit.
Cropmark of north to south linear feature, in part corresponding with parish boundary, and a shorter parallel to west.
Off former, a rectangle. Suggested as moated site by member of the public [1].
September 1981. Visit.
The field is overgrown and the feature is at the centre of a gigantic patch of thistles. The north to south feature is an old ditch or river course, still grown with rushes etc. The rectangle is a raised platform and could well be a moat. Its situation on the parish boundary might explain why the present Wood Dalling Hall is marked as Guestwick Hall by (S1), if this is the site of the preceding medieval hall.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 September 1981.
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- WATERCOURSE (Undated)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 72 390 387. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 13. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
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