NHER 9131 (Monument record) - Medieval moated site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BESTHORPE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1 August 1977. NAU aerial photographs. Earthwork.
Moated Site. (Ordnance Survey antiquity).
D. A. Edwards (NAU) 17 March 1981.
Nothing remains of moat as shown on air photograph. Partly under farmyard, partly arable. Farmer states infilling took place many years ago, probably shortly after air photograph was taken.
H. Paterson (A&E) 18 March 1999.
March 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Examination of the available aerial photographs would confirm the presence of a moat (S1-S2), enclosing an area of up to 60m in width x 55m, centred on TM 0729 9642. There appears to be at least a partial bank or raised area within the moat (S2), and a possible bank to the south, visible as a soilmark on the most recent photographs (S7). The moat was filled in around 1978, probably shortly after S3 was taken and prior to S4. The moat is completely filled in on later photos (S5-S6). It is possible that this feature related to medieval to post medieval settlement on the edge of Ravens Green as depicted by Faden (S8), and could therefore be related to possible settlement to the west (NHER 54730).
E. Bales (NMP) 26 March 2012.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Besthorpe.
- --- 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. TM 09 NE 7 [3].
- <S1> SNF13541 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC264 5053 31-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF83693 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1128-9 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF83691 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D, NLA. 1977. NHER TM 0796A-B (NLA AKS10-11) 01-AUG-1977.
- <S4> SNF83467 Aerial Photograph: 1978. NHER TM 0796F (021-78-065) XX-XXX-1978.
- <S5> SNF83469 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D, NLA. 1984. NHER TM0796 H-J (NLA142/AUV1-2) 04-APR-1984.
- <S6> SNF83470 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D, NLA. 1989. NHER TM0796 K (NLA215/DXL7) 20-FEB-1989.
- <S7> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 1999 Accessed 08-MAY-2012.
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2021 2:23PM