NHER 3085 (Monument record) - Medieval moated enclosure at Lyng Hall

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Summary

This moated site includes an outer enclosure and possible fishponds. It is thought to have been the manor of John de Sane, and is first referred to as Lyng Hall in 1359. A site visit in 1993 recorded that the moated enclosure was still excellently preserved, with a bank 2-2.5m high along the east side.

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Location

Map sheet	TG02NW
Civil Parish	WOOD NORTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Moated site in Lynghall Wood.

April 1933.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) visited site and corrected (S1), hampered by vegetation.

1973.
Corrected plan by Ordance Survey in file, shows outer enclosure and possible fishponds.
(S2) refers to it as Manor of John de Sane, first called Lyng Hall in 1359. Founded in the time of Henry III.
Ordnance Survey states excellently preserved in 1973.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 March 1981.

Details and plan in file.
(S3).

April 1993. Site visit.
Still excellently preserved with bank 2-2.5m high along east side. Wood marked on (S4) but not on (S5) which shows site as green edge.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 May 1993.

January 2000. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1250.
See report (S6) for further details. This site was included in (S7) and the survey is also noted in (S8).
B. Cushion (NLA), 16 February 2000.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF48492 Aerial Photograph: TG 0129/ A, B.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wood Norton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 02 NW 6 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF4630 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1808. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol VIII. 548. p 312.
<S1> SNF49223 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map.
<S2> SNF4598 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. p 312.
<S3> SNF57645 Archive: National Archaeological Record.
<S4> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S5> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S6> SNF92625 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 2000. Wood Norton: Lyng Hall manorial earthworks. SMR 3085. Earthwork Survey Report.
<S7> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 130.
<S8> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 727.

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Record last edited

Jun 15 2018 10:53AM