Record Details

NHER Number:8820
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible medieval moat

Summary

A sub rectangular enclosure can be seen on aerial photographs of this area although it cannot be seen from the ground. It may be a medieval moat.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 960 038
Map Sheet:TF90SE
Parish:CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1946. RAF air photography.
?Moat
E. Rose (NAU).

Sub-rectangular enclosure, enclosing 1450 sq.m. No indication of entrances. The delineating broad band possibly represents a filled ditch. No surface indications of this cropmark could be identified and no material, other than normal field debris, is evident. A pond within the enclosed area is not associated.
Information from (S1).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 20 August 1990.y

Monument Types

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF AP 2154.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SE 15.
---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. Carbrooke.
<S1>Archive: National Archaeological Record.

Related records - none

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