NHER 13743 (Monument record) - Site of medieval building and drainage features formerly interpreted as a possible moat
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG00SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WICKLEWOOD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1978.
Recently ploughed and drilled field revealed soil marks of building platforms with flint nodules, brick and tile fragments.
Are ponds shown on 6in Ordnance Survey remains of a moat? - E. Rose (NAU).
Approximately twenty glazed, seven unglazed medieval sherds and one token collected by [1].
Finds identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
August 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The soilmarks of medieval building platforms described above have not been identified on the consulted aerial photographs. The ponds depicted here on historic Ordnance Survey maps, including (S1) and (S2), are visible as both earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs (S3)-(S4), centred at TG 0787 0161. These have been incorporated into a revised Monument Polygon for the site, although it is not entirely clear which precisely of the several ponds in the area are being referred to above. The appearance of these ponds and adjacent ditches on the aerial photographs would suggest that they relate to drainage rather than settlement. As a consequence they have not been mapped by the NMP. The site lies at the head of a tributary of Dyke Beck, itself a tributary of the River Tiffey, and there are numerous ponds, both former and extant, in the vicinity.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 15 August 2011
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
- <S2> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.
- <S3> SNF81433 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70282 189-90 31-JUL-1970 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF81434 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92336 079-80 11-JUN-1992.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
May 29 2020 9:57AM