NHER 10253 (Monument record) - Site of Brundall Hall

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Summary

The site of Brundall Hall, a medieval moated mansion. Nothing now remains of the hall, and most of the ditches are silted up. However, the north arm of the moat provides mooring for houseboats.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NW
Civil Parish BRUNDALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

'The scite whereof remains only, moated about, with a canal (now reduced to a water Ditch), from thence to ye river' (1735, quoted in (S1); see plate II for location).

26 September 1979. Visited.
Site totally overgrown, including dykes; impossible to tell if latter are part of the moat. Rough track crosses area. Large amounts of nettles.
E. Rose (NAU).

1981. Surveyed by A. Rogerson (NAU).
Shows distinct platform and ditches when undergrowth cleared.
See file for further details.

March 2003. Visited.
Unable to gain access to interior due to locked gate. Appears to be masked by scrub and small trees, many dead. North arm of moat provides mooring for houseboats, a small area cleared adjacent to these with mown grass and flower beds. Western arm narrower, silted and reed filled.
H. Paterson (A&E), 3 April 2003.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TG3208 C-F.
  • --- Photograph: ELA 1-6.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Brundall.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Blake, W. J. 1946. Parson Russell's Reply to Blomefield's Queries. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXIX pp 164-180. p 166; Pl II.

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2013 12:02PM

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