NHER 10101 (Monument record) - Medieval moated site/manor, Old Hall Meadow

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Summary

A moated site is visible on aerial photographs of this area. This feature seems likely to be a medieval moated house, and the name of the field suggests it may once have been a manor house. Metal detecting and trenching here found medieval coins, pottery sherds, brick and tile fragments as well as animal bones. No medieval structures were found although a prehistoric pot boiler site was identified.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM29NW
Civil Parish	SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Moated site. Visible on (S1).

1957. Quarter mile southeast of Lodge Farm in cutting drainage ditch through site of medieval moated house in Old Hall Meadow.
Manor site?
Medieval sherds and animal bones found.
Finds held by NCM.

1958.
Pot boiler site found.

1977. Excavation. Trenches dug inside moat.
No structures found.
Finds of 13th century pottery, brick and tile fragments, animal bone, shell.

1988. Found by metal detecting.
Roman and medieval coins and metalwork, including a Roman brooch.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 12 March 1991.

January 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The low earthwork medieval moat (see above) is visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S2). As the survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the features still survive as earthworks.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 08 January 2026

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF48543 Aerial Photograph: TM 2197/ A-C.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Saxlingham Nethergate.
--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Saxlingham Nethergate.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 29 NW 16 [3].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF2273 Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 4.
<S1> SNF10868 Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF AP 4192.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (12)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)