NHER 11007 (Monument record) - Medieval moat and windmill mound

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A large oval shaped cropmark can been seen on aerial photographs of the area. This appears to be a windmill mound. However examination of the Burston tithe map shows a possible medieval moat at the same spot. It is possible that the mound was built on the site of an earlier medieval moat.

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Map sheet TM18SW
Civil Parish BURSTON WITH SHIMPLING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Undated cropmark seen on Ordnance Survey air photograph. Large oval shape (NCM). Wind mill marked here on (S1). Probably the edge of the mill mound.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 September 1979.

However, (S2) shows a north to south linear pond with interesting corresponding indentation in green edge, as if once a rectangular moated site. Did windmill stand on edge of a moat? See tracing of (S2) in parish file by A. Rogerson (NLA).
E. Rose (NLA), 25 June 1992.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS AP 73 359 029.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
  • <S2> Map: Burston Tithe Map.

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2022 12:09PM

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