NHER 3077 (Monument record) - Medieval moated site

Apparent moat at Pound Farm.
Ordnance Survey Inspectors say probably not a moat because it has only three sides and there are dry ditches forming subdivisions. They suggest a pound.

East side of moat is waterfilled, wide and overgrown. North side dry, about 1.8m (6 feet) deep (plank bridge). West side waterfilled, huge about 4,5m (15 feet) across at top, 2.4m (8 feet) deep. The south side would be where the present 18th century farmhouse (which has a good Norwich Union fire insurance plaque) stands. The 'internal divisions' consist of one long oblong pond as shown on Ordnance Survey, perhaps later in date, and a central dry ditch about 0.9m (3 feet) deep running north to south, beginning at north arm of moat, vanishing under house lawn but reappearing briefly in house yard (it is marked as east boundary of orchard on 6 inch Ordnance Survey). Island is now part garden and part wilderness of huge nettles, suggesting building remains buried. This is certainly a moat, perhaps with central division as others in area (NHER 3080, 3081) but this could be just the old orchard boundary. Certainly not a pound.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1978.

January 2003.
Moat mostly waterfilled, but banks covered in scrub, and some dead wood in ditches.
H.Paterson (A&E), 24 January 2003.

Management agreement (S1) signed 17 February 2003.
Copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 26 February 2003.

March 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The suggested medieval moat (see above) is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S2). As the survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the feature still survive as an earthwork.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 06 March 2026