NHER 2467 (Monument record) - Walpole Hall moat
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RYSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Ordnance Survey marks moated site of Walpole Hall with entrance on east. This was filled in around 1970 when present owners took over Crossways Farm, according to Farm Manager. Only a few discolourations remain in ploughed field. E. Rose (NAU), 17 February 1977.
(S1) says that nearby is a pond with a paved bottom.
E. Rose (NAU).
Soilmark of moat ploughed out in about 1950 (?).
The moat shown on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map has been completely destroyed by ploughing. The site is marked by amorphous ground disturbance at present under young crop.
No trace of the hall survives.
(S2). R. J. Rickett (NAU) 7 March 1990
7 July 1992. NLA air photography. Copy in file.
Cropmarks, enclosure. Now seen to be double-ditched and contain two hut circles at west end (similar to Fison Way, Thetford, NHER 5853).
D. Edwards (NLA), 8 July 1992.
Yet the 1906 six inch map clearly outlines this feature and marks as site of Walpole Hall, as if an existing moat at that time.
Explanation?
E. Rose (NLA), 10 July 1992.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6300/ABA-ABC, ABE, ABG; 17-JUL-1990 (HES 274/GDX 10-12, 14, GDY 1).
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6300/R; 08-JUL-1976 (HES 30/AFW 23).
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6300/Z-AD; 07-JUL-1992 (HES 308/GLD 5-8, 12).
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TL6399/A; 07-JUL-1992 (HES 308/GLD 9).
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Ryston.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 SW 4.
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 9:06AM