Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18547 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval earthworks |
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Summary
The earthworks of at least two medieval tofts and medieval ridge and furrow are visible on the ground and on aerial photographs. The site is close to another possible medieval ditched enclosure, see NHER 31613.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 653 161 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1946. RAF air photographs.
Ridge and furrow and enclosures.
1977. AAR air photographs.
Ridge and furrow and enclosures.
1977. NAU air photography.
Earthworks of double enclosure, surrounded and divided by ditch. Not like old fields, more like a moat. Similar to, yet separate from, suggested deserted medieval village earthworks to north (NHER 11834).
E. Rose (NAU), 24 November 1982.
1995.
Tofts, at least two with building platforms near road, on both sides of a five or six ridge-width section of north to south ridge and furrow.
B. Cushion (NLA), November 1995.
December 1995. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000. Site extended to south of NHER 31613, with further subdued ridge and furrow.
See report (S1) for further details and plan for both sites. This site was included in (S2) and the survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), December 1995.
25 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Ditched enclosures and ridge and furrow still visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 22 November 2001.
Earthworks in good condition, grazed by sheep. A little mole activity, minimal rabbit disturbance.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 February 1998.
Monument Types
- BUILDING PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: AP TF 6516/H; TF 61/TF 6516/B. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 6516P, R. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1995. Middleton SMR18547 & 31613. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 202. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 403. |
Related records
| 31613 | Related to: Medieval moat, south of West Hall Farm (Monument) |
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