Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4508 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moat |
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Summary
This is the site of a medieval moat. Brick rubble, and fragment of flint walls suggest the presence of a building on the island, and some late medieval pottery fragments have also been found.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7404 0558 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70NW |
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| Parish: | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Moat (OS).
Under plough March 1977.
North and east ditches survive as drainage dykes. Brick rubble concentrated in south half of island. Few late medieval glazed sherds. Causeway in north east corner is partly made up of pieces of flint and mortar walling ?from building on island.
A. Rogerson (NAU)
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF7405 A,B,C,E,F,S-U. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 NW 12a. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Beachamwell. |
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