NHER 11101 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible medieval moat

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Summary

A medieval to post medieval moat is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2022. Records also indicated that this site may have been moated in the past. The exact nature and date of the moat is uncertain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM28SE
Civil Parish WORTWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Records indicate that a moat may have stood on this site.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).

November 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
A medieval to post medieval moat is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2022. As the survey was relatively recently, it is likely that the feature still survive as an earthwork. The moated site is centred at TM 2758 8443 with further possible associated earthwork banks and ditches to the north, centred at approximately TM 2759 8448. The function of the site is uncertain and may have been associated with a medieval manor.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 25 November 2025

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wortwell.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TM28SE DTM 1m 07-JAN-2022 TO 09-JAN-2022.

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2025 9:38AM

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