NHER 29756 (Monument record) - Medieval or post medieval retangular earthwork

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Summary

A rectangular earthwork is visible on aerial photographs. The feature has been interpreted as a possible medieval moat and house platform, or medieval to post medieval retting pond or sheep dip.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL89NW
Civil Parish HILBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

19 February 1988. NAU air photography.
2 possible moats, one very small, no more than a house platform, could be drainage.
M. Flitcroft (NLA) May 1993.

Marked as 'Little Meadow' on (S1). No moat shown.
Copy in file for NHER 5044.

Rectangular earthwork noted on 1946 air photographs.
Initially considered to be a moated site, although (S1) shows this to be a 'wash pit'. A number of other examples have been noted in Breckland and the name is a common one on tithe maps. Presumably these were features for either hemp retting or sheep washing.
K. Sussams (SAU) 6 December 1995.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TL 8398 A-C.
  • <S1> Map: 1842. Bodney Tithe Map.

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2023 8:06AM

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