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Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall

England
List entry 1016485
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016485
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
TF 64836 03993
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Norfolk. The monument comprises a substantial moat, a water-filled ditch that once surrounded a residential or manorial structure, typical of high-status settlements from the medieval period. Such moated sites were particularly common in England during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served both practical and symbolic functions, providing protection and asserting the status of their occupants. The site's proximity to Crimplesham Hall suggests it may represent an earlier phase of settlement or a secondary manorial holding within the local medieval landscape.

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016485. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall?

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016485.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall?

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016485.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall (1.8 km), Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm (2.5 km), Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall (3.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall
1.8 km
Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm
2.5 km
Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall
3.3 km
Site of St Mary's Abbey
4 km
Moated site and associated earthwork enclosures 190m south east of Denver Hall
4.1 km
Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church
5.8 km
Moated site and associated earthworks 270m north east of Millers Farm
5.8 km
Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm
5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Crimplesham, Norfolk →
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