NHER 12212 (Monument record) - Deserted medieval settlement at Deighton Hills Shooting School

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Summary

A vegetation mark of a possible enclosure ditch or toft is visible on aerial photographs, which may be associated with the possible deserted medieval settlement of Dighton. This has been recorded separately as NHER 52398.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11NE
Civil Parish ATTLEBRIDGE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Deighton Hills marks the site of Dighton deserted medieval settlement.
The name has now almost reverted to its old form, but in (S1)'s time it was known as Dyke Town Hills.

December 1998-April 1999. Watching Brief.
Observations of groundworks for new club house and store at Mid Norfolk Shooting School revealed no archaeological evidence.
This work is now recorded under NHER 60619.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 August 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2015.

April 2001.
Heathland area stripped to build house. Much root disturbance; no features within. A scan of spoil provided no finds.
A. Hutcheson (NLA), 16 May 2001.

November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A vegetation mark of a possible enclosure ditch or toft is visible on aerial photographs, which may be associated with the possible deserted medieval settlement of Dighton. This has been recorded separately as NHER 52398.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1905. Hundred of Taverham. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XV. p 3.

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2025 12:49PM

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