Record Details
| NHER Number: | 44119 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Burntfen Broad |
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Summary
A flooded medieval peat extraction area, forming a side valley broad to a tributary of the River Bure.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 33886 18594 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31NW |
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| Parish: | HOVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| NEATISHEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Small side-valley broad in valley of minor tributary of Bure: flooded peat extraction of probable medieval date. (S1) refers to 'one great water or ffishing knowne by the name of Brunn Fenn alias Burnt Fenn', that is Burnt Fen Broad.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 20 March 2006.
Monument Types
- PEAT EXTRACTION SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: 1662. Survey of 1662 of manor of Horning. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Williamson, T.. 2002. Report for Broads Authority. |
Related records
| 13517 | Parent of: Medieval and later peat cuttings along the River Bure (Monument) |
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