NHER 9452 (Monument record) - Possible moated site, or drainage ditches and ponds

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Summary

It is recorded that odd ponds and channels are recorded on a 1945 map, and are thought to resemble a moated site. However they may simply be old pits with channels cut in an attempt to drain them. They have now been destroyed, but are visible as earthworks and as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Odd ponds and channels on 1945 map (S6) resemble a moated site. However possibly are simply old pits with channels made in an attempt to drain them they have now been destroyed.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 4 June 1980.

January 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The possible moated site described above is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), as earthwork ditches and ponds, the majority of which are visible on the first edition ordnance survey map, centred on TG 1390 0097.
A possible continuation of the southern section of the moat is visible as an earthwork/grassmark on one set of aerial photographs (S4), and would suggest that the moat was originally sub-square in plan, and enclosed in its entirety an area of approximately 57m x 60m.
The ponds visible on the first edition map are also clearly apparent as earthworks on the aerial photographs, and two additional possible ponds or pit features are visible as cropmarks on the latest photography of the site (S4). These pits measure approximately 9m in diameter, and are similar in size to the two pond features to the south, visible on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (S5).
E. Bales (NMP), January 2010.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wymondham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1429 3116-7 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS/68146 77-8 01-JUN-1968 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72034 040-41 22-MAR-1972 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. xx-xxxx-2006 Accessed 26-JAN-2010.
  • <S5> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
  • <S6> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2026 3:38PM

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