NHER 7273 (Monument record) - 19th/20th century Dykewood House, and possible earthwork remains of medieval moat
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Dykewood House - a farmstead supposed to have been an ancient manor house, but no information can be obtained as to the date of the building, this is noted on (S1).
Ordnance Survey Antiquity, moated.
A. Rogerson.
July 2005.
(S2) shows a house surrounded by a moat like feature on two sides.
D. Robertson (NLA), 29 July 2005.
September 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The remains of the supposed medieval moat, described above, is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S3). It is also depicted on 19th century and modern Ordnance Survey maps. It consists of a single arm to the south of Dykewood House; to the west is a narrower drain and an oval pond (neither has been mapped). There is little evidence either way to suggest whether this is part of a moat or merely a pond, as suggested in the Historic England research record (S4). The latter states that Dykewood House itself is of late 19th/early 20th century date.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 21 September 2023.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Beeston with Bittering.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NW 15 [2].
- <S2> SNW3694 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1995. Ordnance Survey Digital Maps - Landline Edition 1995.
- <S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91NW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.
- <S4> SNF89820 Digital Dataset: Historic England. Historic England Research Record (formerly National Record for the Historic Environment; formerly National Monument Record). UNIQUE IDENTIFIER: 358763, TF 91 NW 15.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Sep 21 2023 2:38PM