NHER 50890 (Monument record) - Earthworks of probable medieval date water management feature
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BILLINGFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | FOXLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 2008. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of a raised mound and pit or channel are visible on aerial photographs to the immediate east of Beck Hall (NHER 7215), formerly the site of a medieval hospital and chapel (NHER 51208)), Billingford (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 0228 2078. The earthworks would appear to define or be defined by the parish boundary, which itself is likely to have been the line of a former beck running through the common, now diverted through a more recent water management system to the immediate west. These earthworks are likely to be the remains of an earlier water management system, possibly associated with the medieval moated site and former hospital.
Photography from 1988 suggests that these earthworks have been plough levelled and the land is now under arable cultivation (S3).
S. Massey (NMP), 28 February 2008.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF69850 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/100 5054-5 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF69851 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1967. MAL 67029 024-5 16-APR-1967.
- <S3> SNF69875 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS Surveys Limited. 1988. BKS 0604-5 07-AUG-1988 (BKS 3710-1).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 8 2018 2:37PM