HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Suffolk HER Result
Suffolk HERPrintable version | About Suffolk HER | Visit Suffolk HER online...

Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):WAM 001
Unique number (MonUID):MSF5311
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:WATTISHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK
NGR:TM 010 513

Summary

Moat.

Monument Types

  • FLOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Protected Status: None recorded

Description

Moat. Occupied, irregular oval. Adjoins S side of churchyard. Circa 90m NE-SW, 80m transversely, 12m wide. (Outer 'moat' is series of drainage ditches.)
2003: Moat desilting monitored.
May 2004: Evaluation in advance of barn conversion. Two test pits through floors, only redeposited clay and base of chalk floor revealed (S1).

Features visible on Lidar. See associated files.

Sources

[S1]Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service evaluation report. SCCAS, Sommers M, No 2004/80, ill. (SSF50056)
[M1]Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish file. (S1). (SSF50072)

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.