NHER 13520 (Monument record) - Norton's Broad, medieval peat cutting

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This is the site of a medieval peat cutting.

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Map sheet TG21NE
Civil Parish WROXHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Medieval peat working. This broad was mentioned in an indenture of 1688, and was described as "all those pieces of water and fishing or ground covered with water commonly known by the name of Norton's Fen".
See (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 1 November 2007.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Lambert, J.M. & Jennings, J.N.. 1960. The Making of the Broads: A Reconsideration of their Origin in the Light of New Evidence.. p 69.

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Oct 10 2018 10:08PM

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