Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17696 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks of medieval moated site |
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Summary
A moated site, presumed to be of medieval date, survives as an earthwork. It has been visited on the ground and is visible on aerial photographs and lidar. A possible entrance to the moated enclosure has been identified on its southeast side. Earthworks in the surrounding area, including a possible causeway, boundary or drain (NHER 68837) and a group of small enclosures (NHER 68838), may be contemporary with the use of the moat. Other earthworks appear to relate to drainage. The moat remains visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 2022.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 936 119 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SW |
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| Parish: | SCARNING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
29 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Moated enclosure.
D. Edwards (NAU), 10 March 1981.
November 2002.
Moat retains a good profile, with interior slightly higher than surrounding land. Measures approximately 55m east to west, 88m north to south. Fed by stream at southeast corner. Water-filled to north and west, boggy elsewhere. Ditch 3.5 to 5m wide feeding into an elongated pond at northwest corner. Possible entrance to southeast. Other earthworks in surrounding field. This under tufty grass with patches of thistles.
H. Paterson (A&E), 18 November 2002.
Management statement (S1) signed 28 November 2002.
Copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 2 December 2002.
December 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The moated site described above, which is presumed to be of medieval date, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S2-S3) and visualised lidar data (S4). It has been mapped from the visualised lidar data. Raised areas and depressions within the moated enclosure, and to its west, may represent interior and ancillary features, such as buildings, cellars, and outer ponds or enclosures. Most of the earthworks surrounding the moat appear to relate to drainage, but a possible causeway, drain or boundary to the west (NHER 68837) and a group of small enclosures to the north (NHER 68838) are of greater archaeological significance and may be contemporary with the use of the moat. The moat remains visible as an earthwork on the most recent consulted aerial photographs from 2022 (S5), and it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 December 2024.
Monument Types
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 9311A,B. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Strutt & Parker. 2002. Letting details and correspondence. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Management Statement. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5422-5423 30-MAR-1946. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9311/C 31-JAN-1973 (CUCAP BLP15). |
| <S4> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91SW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 06-OCT-2022 ACCESSED 16-DEC-2024. |
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