NHER 10643 (Monument record) - Site of Pirnhow Hall, Ditchingham

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Summary

The site of a medieval manor. Its exact location is uncertain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39SW
Civil Parish DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

(S1) shows buildings over site, but these removed by 1983. Probably only light sheds. iInformation from Norfolk County Council..
E. Rose (NAU), 9 March 1983.

Local story that materials, after demolition, were built into The Grove, nearby house of late 18th century on older core; but nothing there obviously reused except some undatable beams in the roof.
E. Rose (NAU),7 November 1985.

April 2001. Desk Based Assessment.
There are prehistoric and Roman sites nearby, but the location of Pirnhow Hall remains unknown.
See report (S2) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 May 2001.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Ditchingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 SW 8.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Tremlett, S. 2001. Land off Station Road, Ditchingham Norfolk: Report on an Archaeological Desktop Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 595.

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2016 2:27PM

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