NHER 17696 (Monument record) - Earthworks of medieval moated site

29 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Moated enclosure.
D. Edwards (NAU), 10 March 1981.

November 2002.
Moat retains a good profile, with interior slightly higher than surrounding land. Measures approximately 55m east to west, 88m north to south. Fed by stream at southeast corner. Water-filled to north and west, boggy elsewhere. Ditch 3.5 to 5m wide feeding into an elongated pond at northwest corner. Possible entrance to southeast. Other earthworks in surrounding field. This under tufty grass with patches of thistles.
H. Paterson (A&E), 18 November 2002.

Management statement (S1) signed 28 November 2002.
Copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 2 December 2002.

December 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The moated site described above, which is presumed to be of medieval date, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S2-S3) and visualised lidar data (S4). It has been mapped from the visualised lidar data. Raised areas and depressions within the moated enclosure, and to its west, may represent interior and ancillary features, such as buildings, cellars, and outer ponds or enclosures. Most of the earthworks surrounding the moat appear to relate to drainage, but a possible causeway, drain or boundary to the west (NHER 68837) and a group of small enclosures to the north (NHER 68838) are of greater archaeological significance and may be contemporary with the use of the moat. The moat remains visible as an earthwork on the most recent consulted aerial photographs from 2022 (S5), and it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 December 2024.