NHER 13038 (Monument record) - Cropmark of medieval moat

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Summary

A medieval moat is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The moat is within the outline of a medieval deer park, see NHER 7309.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01SE
Civil Parish HOCKERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

29 June 1976. NAU air photography.
Small rectangular cropmark, perhaps the moat on which the surrounding park was centred.
See overlay.
Located on map by E. Rose (NAU) 11 January 1978.
Plot and (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).

19 January 2007. Site seen from adjacent field.
Under plough. The site is on top of a hill and may thus be an improbable one for a moat, but it could be a lodge at the centre of the park.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 January 2007.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TG 0813/A.
  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. hotel and golf course plan set to be rejected. 28 January.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

Object Types (0)

Record last edited

Jan 13 2017 10:40AM

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