NHER 38184 (Monument record) - Medieval and post medieval drainage ditches, Priory Farm site

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Summary

In 2003 evaluation trenches were dug in this area. They revealed part of a ditch system that had previously been recorded by aerial photographs. The ditches were interpreted as drainage ditches, two of which were shown to have been recut. No evidence of the remains of Marmont Priory, a 13th century Gilbertine cell, known to have existed within the survey area was found. The evidence gleaned from the aerial photographs suggests that this area had been used for pasture or arable since the Middle Ages. Further details on the field system around the priory site can be found under NHER 32225, and the Priory Farm building and the site of the medieval priory can be viewed under NHER 25832.

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Location

Map sheet	TF40SE
Civil Parish	UPWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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April 2003. Trial Trenching.
Six evaluation trenches on the site of a proposed lake revealed part of a ditch system that had previously been recorded by aerial photographs. The ditches were interpreted as drainage ditches, two of which were shown to have been recut. No evidence of the remains of Marmont Priory, a 13th century Gilbertine cell, known to have existed within the survey area was found. The evidence gleaned from the aerial photographs suggests that this area had been used for pasture or arable since the middle ages.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.189).
M. Horlock (NLA), 6 August 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 April 2019.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF52331 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2003. An Archaeological Evaluation at Marmont Priory Farm, Upwell, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 839.
<S2> SNF81947 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 587.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Upwell (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 27 2019 9:01AM