Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5065 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Moated site south of church |
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Summary
A medieval rectangular stream-fed moat with a causeway and further earthworks to the north. A sunken roadway leads out to the east.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8918 9526 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89NE |
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| Parish: | TOTTINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Survey by C.C. Taylor (RCHM) on 10 February 1970.
Moat, stream fed, rectangular, causeway and earthworks to north.
Sunken way leading out to east.
A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1976.
This seems almost certainly the moat described in (S1) under Stanford (previously searched for in vain under old maps of Stanford) as in a field containing a modern house called Mortimers and the poor house, visible as a cropmark, 'south of the river'.
Despite the fact that this moat is just on the north bank of the river and is more than a cropmark, the location near Mortimers Farm seems to indicate this is the site meant; see also NHER 5064. Said by (S3) to be the site of Mortimers manor. (formerly numbered NHER 13200).
E. Rose (NAU), 18 November1985.
19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Earthworks.
Moat.
D. Voisey (NAU).
Copy of schedule (S4) in file.
October 2003. Visit.
Access bridge broken, this could present a problem when moat water-filled, may be reinstated. Some scrub including elder and thorn. This will be controlled. If machinery is used, care will be taken to avert damage to the site.
H. Paterson (A&E), 19 February 2004.
Monument Types
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WORKHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RESTRICTED: TL8995D, E, H, J, AND TL 8995B. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-018-107. |
| --- | Slide: Davison, A.. 2002. 1/5065. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 10b. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Taylor, C.. 1970.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> | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF381. |
| <S2> | Publication: Corbishley, M.. 1982. AM107. 2. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1898. Hundred of Wayland. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol I. p 42. |
| <S4> | Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report. |
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