NHER 11384 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of possible medieval moat

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Summary

A linear feature and enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It has been suggested that the enclosure could be a medieval moat and that the linear feature may be an old watercourse.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG02NE
Civil Parish GUESTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish WOOD DALLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1979. Visit.
Cropmark of north to south linear feature, in part corresponding with parish boundary, and a shorter parallel to west.
Off former, a rectangle. Suggested as moated site by member of the public [1].

September 1981. Visit.
The field is overgrown and the feature is at the centre of a gigantic patch of thistles. The north to south feature is an old ditch or river course, still grown with rushes etc. The rectangle is a raised platform and could well be a moat. Its situation on the parish boundary might explain why the present Wood Dalling Hall is marked as Guestwick Hall by (S1), if this is the site of the preceding medieval hall.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 September 1981.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 72 390 387.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 13.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2021 2:43PM

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