Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12213 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of The Buttlands archery ground |
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Summary
The Buttlands was laid out as an archery ground in 1542. It is now a car park but an archery tournament took place here again in 1991.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1915 2677 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NE |
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| Parish: | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
The Buttlands
Was laid out as an archery ground in 1542, and has been used as such ever since.
Information from (S1).
March 1978. Visit.
But not now! Southern end is a carpark and northern end a jungle.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 March 1978.
1991.
Car park extended. Northern end tidied.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), June 1991
Monument Types
- BUTTS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (placename, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. Ancient art on car park. 10 June. |
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