NHER 4662 (Monument record) - Medieval enclosure and moat

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Summary

The site of a medieval rectangular enclosure and moat visible on aerial photographs. Medieval pottery and a fragment of a quern stone have been found.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF80SE
Civil Parish	ASHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1959. Field Observation.
Site of enclosure (Moat) south west of Lodge Farm, medieval pottery and quern stone fragments found by Norwich Museum.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) for further information.

See RAF aerial photographs 9 July 1946, St. Joseph AP's CL 055-6, 2 superimposed rectangles.
E. Rose.

1959. Neolithic flint arrowhead found on site of enclosure (?moat) south west of Lodge Farm.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

5 June 1973. OS air photography. Rectangular enclosure.
D. Voisey, (NAU) 9 August 1995.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF48051 Aerial Photograph: OS 73-243-028.
--- SNF10975 Aerial Photograph: St. Joseph CC 055-6.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Ashill.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ashill.
--- 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. TF 80 SE 9; TF 80 SE 25.
--- SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3.
<S1> SNF87264 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1961. Medieval Britain in 1959. Medieval Archaeology. Vol IV (for 1960) pp 134-165. p 153.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Ashill (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 18 2023 8:06AM