NHER 28091 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Medieval moat
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF93SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FULMODESTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Single moat with raised platform. Found by local history students sponsored by Norfolk Research Committee. Remains of homestead moat. In permanent pasture and is dry.
Information from (S1). See also (S2).
R. Rickett (NAU), 6 June 1990
Site measures approx. 38m north to south, 60m east to west. Moat some 4.5m wide to east and north, narrowing to west. Possible linear depression runs to east from northwest corner of moat, and further sunken feature in field to north. Other indeterminate low earthworks in fields. Moat wet at time of visit, but filled with aquatic plants and grasses.
H. Paterson (A&E) 16 June 1993.
May 1995. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000 includes moat and associated enclosure and linear features. Possible road line and tofts. Extension of site limit.
See report (S3) for further details and copy of plan (S4). The results of this survey are also summarised in (S5).
B. Cushion (NLA) May 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF94190 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
- <S2> SNF4534 Article in Serial: Barringer, J. C. and Yaxley, D. C. 1973. Fieldwork Methods in Local History. Norfolk Research Committee Newsletter and Bulletin. Series 2 No 10 pp 11-12.
- <S3> SNF92843 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1995. Fulmodeston SMR 28091. Earthwork Survey Report.
- <S4> SNF93820 Illustration: Cushion, B. 1995. Plan of earthworks at Fulmodeston SMR 28091. Film. 1:1000.
- <S5> SNF59457 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 401.
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Record last edited
May 11 2022 8:00AM