NHER 10080 (Building record) - St Michael's Church, Great Moulton

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Summary

This church has a Norman nave and chancel walls. There are 13th, 15th and 19th century alterations. The fittings include a Norman pillar piscina. Outside is an early 15th century tomb. This was dismantled and rebuilt in 1999. There appears to be no burial beneath the tomb.

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Map sheet	TM19SE
Civil Parish	GREAT MOULTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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3 October 1979. Visit.
Norman, 13th, 15th and 19th centuries.
Fittings include Norman pillar piscina.
See description in file.
E. Rose, May 1991

2 December 1999. Field observation.
Tomb chest to southwest of church dismantled prior to restoration. Below a massive plinth of limestone a very flat surface of apparently natural boulder clay, at 200mm from surface. Sides of the hole left after the removal of monument showed that above the clay lay 200mm of topsoil and turf. A test hole dug to a depth of 450mm from surface suggested that the clay was natural and not redeposited over a burial. The base of a concrete foundation for the restored monument will be set at a shallower depth.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 December 1999.

Associated Sources (15)

--- SNF13387 Aerial Photograph: TM 1690A,B.
--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF9797.
--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF82333 Leaflet: Simon Cotton & Roy Tricker. Aslacton, Saint Michael, Moulton..
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 368-369.
--- SNF60228 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1999. Ancient tomb set to reveal its secrets. 15 July.
--- SNF8906 Photograph: BMG 5 Great Moulton (St Michael) Norman pillar piscina (from site of Little Moulton Church).
--- SNF84911 Photograph: Photographs of an early 15th century tomb, St Michael's Church, Great Moulton. Colour.
--- SNF83018 Photograph: St. Michaels Church, Great Moulton. Print.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF60227 Unpublished Document: Birdsall, N. H. 1999. A specification for the dismantling and rebuilding of a medieval monument in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels at Great Moulton, Norfolk.
--- SNF60224 Unpublished Document: Birdsall, N. H.. 1993. Letter. Great Moulton Parish Church.. 19 July.
--- SNF60225 Unpublished Document: Birdsall, N. H.. 1994. Letter. Great Moulton Parish Church: Norfolk Churchyard Tomb Chest.. 29 November.
--- SNF60226 Unpublished Document: Birdsall, N. H.. 1999. Letter. Great Moulton Parish Church: Medieval Churchyard Tomb.. 1 June.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (8)

DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FONT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
GRAVESTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2018 10:43AM