Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7229 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Giants Moat, medieval moated site |
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Summary
A medieval moated site with cropmarks of outer enclosures. When the moat was being cleared out in 1945, the remains of the drawbridge, medieval pottery fragments and a Late Saxon sword were found. Fieldwalking has since recovered Roman and medieval pottery fragments.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 913 197 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91NW |
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| Parish: | MILEHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| TITTLESHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Moated site with cropmarks of outer enclosures.
1945.
In clearing moat: drawbridge remains, medieval sherds and iron tool found, also Late Saxon sword.
1968.
Fieldwalking produced Roman and medieval sherds.
Pre 1999.
Medieval sherds found.
Monument Types
- BRIDGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SWORD (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BEAM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPOON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE
- Management Statement
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 9119A. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. TF 9119AFK. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NW 2 [2]. |
| --- | 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 - Roman. Mileham [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Mileham [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Mileham [2]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. 1966. Some Neglected Late Anglo-Saxon Swords. Medieval Archaeology. Vol IX (for 1965) pp 32-54. pp 39-40; Pl vi a. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1945. Tenth-Century Danish sword found at Mileham. September. |
| <S3> | Publication: Puddy, E.. 1957. Litcham. |
| <S4> | Publication: 1940-46. Archaeol. Bull.. B1 p.25. |
| <S5> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1809. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol X. 375. p 21. |
| <S6> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
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