Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22182 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval moated site |
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Summary
The site of a probable medieval moat marked on 19th and early 20th century maps. It was destroyed by farming in about 1930.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 122 267 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NW |
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| Parish: | HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possible moat.
Feature marked on 1957 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (unrevised since before 1930) as a broad northeast to southwest waterfilled feature, narrow wiggly projection to northwest corner, another at southwest corner with slight suggestion of return towards northeast. Tithe map 1841 (S1) shows as same but with more of this return as if of fourth side of moat. Destroyed in about 1930 by farmer.
A. Rogerson (NAU) considers it likely to have been a moat.
E. Rose (NAU), 7 February 1986.
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: B&BWD. 1982. Hand drawn map of the moated site at Heydon Park Farm.. Film. Unknown. |
Related records - none
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