NHER 9411 (Monument record) - Two medieval moats
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
'Moat' on (S1), though Ordnance Survey (S2) card says only a landscaping feature.
Marked as a three sided enclosure to west, connected by a ditch to an L-shaped pond on east.
October 1976. Visit.
The west section is full of water; no trace of a western arm, but this could be under the drive to the farm. The east section is totally overgrown and inaccessible, but the connecting ditch is dry.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 October 1976.
1846 tithe award map (S3) (as reproduced by University of East Anglia farm survey of Church Farm (S4)) shows the western section, which lacked its western arm even at that time, but not the eastern compartment. It is difficult to believe that this could have been a landscaping feature so early in such a location.
E. Rose (NLA), 10 September 1993.
December 1998.
West moat waterfilled, weed free, fringed with a few old trees and some smaller specimens. Measures about 50m long about 11m wide (maximum). East moat now appears as dry pond, north arm truncated. Possible leat connects the two moats.
H. Paterson (NLA), 16 December 1998.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Melton (Little).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 28.
- <S3> SNF63168 Map: 1842. Little Melton tithe apportionment map.
- <S4> SNF53925 Unpublished Document: University of East Anglia. Farm Survey.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Oct 10 2018 12:51PM