NHER 68867 (Monument record) - Site of a possible medieval moat and/or post-medieval decoy

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Summary

The site of a possible medieval moat and/or a post-medieval duck decoy. A circular filled feature appears on the tithe map of 1844, but does not survive. It could have been a medieval moat, but it does not appear on 17th or 18th century maps. It may have been a post-medieval decoy.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF64SE
Civil Parish OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Former Civil Parish xHUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

May 1983. Documentary Research.
Hunstanton 1844 tithe map (S2) depicts what seems to be a circular moat at this location. It does not appear on earlier maps of the Le Strange family dated 1615 (S3) and 1765 (S4), but the accuracy of these earlier maps is uncertain. The feature may actually be a late example of a duck decoy. See unpublished dissertation (S5) for further research on decoys in the county.
Information from HER Record Card (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 17 May 1983.
This feature was previously recorded under NHER 11303.
Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 20 December 2024.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 11303.
  • <S2> Map: ?. 1844. Hunstanton Tithe Map.
  • <S3> Map: LeStrange. 1615. LeStrange map of 1615 (NRO OA1).
  • <S4> Map: 1765. Hunstanton, Old Hunstanton and part of Ringstead - Enclosure Map ?1765 NRO LeStrange H 1/1.
  • <S5> Thesis: Thorogood, P.. 2000. Duck Decoys of Norfolk (UEA BA Dissertation ref HISH 3P2Y).

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Record last edited

Dec 30 2024 11:47AM

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