Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5064 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moated site north of Reed Fen |
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Summary
A medieval moat north of Reed Farm, rectangular in shape, in a boggy area. There are unusual earthworks to the north including a large rectangular raised platform.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8921 9579 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89NE |
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| Parish: | TOTTINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Moat north of Reed Farm, rectangular, in boggy area. Unusual earthworks to north including a large rectangular raised platform.
C.C. Taylor (RCHM) 10 February 1970 and A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1976.
'Two furlongs northwest of the church there is a barn, moated and had a good fishery belonging to it. Several foundations of old buildings supposed to have been the manor house. Workmen digging hole in 1812 found large old key much corroded, now in museum of Rev M. D. Driffield' (S3).
E. Rose (NAU).
From its pairing with site NHER 5065, this would seem to be the 'moat north of the river in Brays Meadow' mentioned in (S4), wrongly placed under Stanford and so formerly numbered NHER 13201 (no such field name on Stanford tithe map).
E. Rose (NAU), 18 November 1985.
19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Earthworks.
Moat.
D. Voisey (NLA), 19 January 1995.
Copy of schedule (S5) in file.
July 2002.
Obscured by vegetation.
See letter in file. Further detailed survey is recommended.
D. Gurney (NLA), 24 July 2002.
October 2003. Visited.
Moat almost dry, choked with reeds. No intervention at present (Scheduled Monument Consent would be required). Scrub to be cut if growth becomes excessive.
H. Paterson (A&E), 19 February 2004.`
Monument Types
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RESTRICTED: TL8995C, TL 8995B. |
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF380. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-018-107. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Davison, A.. 2002. Letter. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 10a. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Correspondence: Davison, A.. 2002. Letter to D. Gurney (NLA). 22 July. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Taylor, C.. 1970. Site notes. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Tottington. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: 1970. AM7. |
| <S2> | Publication: Corbishley, M.. 1982. AM107. 2. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1819. Gentleman's Magazine. part 1. part 1 pp.24-7. pp 24-27. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Bryant, J.. 1900. Norfolk Churches.. |
| <S5> | Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report. |
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