NHER 36310 (Monument record) - Site of Deer Shed

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Summary

The remains of a post medieval deer house, shown on a map of 1840. A community excavation in August 2001 revealed the cobbled floor of the building and fragments of post medieval building material.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish BLICKLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 2001. Community Excavation.
Revealed cobbled surface of a deer house and post medieval finds.
Probably 18th century.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2023.166).
J. Allen (NLA), 4 September 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2023.

September 2008.
Deer shed shown on Tithe map of 1840. Existed in the early eighteenth century around 1712, with a keeper's cottage.
See (S2) for further information
H. White (NLA), 3 February 2009

  • --- Fiche: Exists.
  • --- Map: 1840. Blickling Tithe map and award.
  • --- Map: 1840. Tithe Award Map.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2008. Blickling Estate, An Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey. NAU Archaeology. 1399.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Excavation at the site of the 'Bishop's Manor', Moorgate Farm, Blickling Estate and at the Deer Shed and two former RAF sites within the Park. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 656.
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HORSESHOE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2023 1:55PM

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