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Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):CRP 001
Unique number (MonUID):MSF5372
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:CREETING ST PETER OR WEST CREETING, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK
NGR:TM 07 56

Summary

Circular moat levelled by bulldozer, November 1959, soilmark 90m E-W by 70m NW-SE, see details.

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • MORTAR (VESSEL); STONE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • POTTERY; CLAY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • VESSEL; BRONZE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Protected Status: None recorded

Description

Circular moat levelled by bulldozer, November 1959, R Jardine (S1). Now shows as an oval soil mark 90m E-W by 70m NW-SE, with a ditch that averages 8m in width. Situated on the alluvial floodplain of the River Gipping. Scatter of red brick and tile fragments noted 1979 (S2). Aerial photographs show a smaller and slighter curving ditch forming an attached enclosure on the N side (S3).
Fieldwalking 1983-4 produced EMed pottery, C13-C14 pottery and a small amount of part-green-glazed pottery, together with a stone mortar and fragments of a bronze pot (S4). Recorded as `Moat Piece', arable, 1 acre 8 perches, owned by Sir William Beauchamp Proctor 1839 (S5).
Shown on OS 1: 10560 map (S3).
Compare FKM 005 & FNN 005.

Sources

S1Bibliographic reference: Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1959, PSIA, 28 pt 2, 1960, 162 (SSF50042)
M1(No record type): APs: ACZ 16, 17, ALD 16 (SSF42485)
S2Unpublished document: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM05NE18 (SSF50032)
M2Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish file. Parish file: finds report; notes (SSF50072)
S3(No record type): SAU, APs ACZ 16, 17, ALD 16 (SSF18724)
S4(No record type): Birch Mel & Wendy, 1983-4 (SSF1224)
S5(No record type): Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich, Tithe Apportionment, FDA 75/A1/1a & b (SSF21909)
S6(No record type): OS, 1:10560 map, TM 05 NE, circa 1958 (SSF12640)
S7(No record type): OS, AP, 93 335 161, June 1993 (SSF13110)
S8Photograph: Farrands. Air Photograph. Farrands RH, AP, 1962 (SSF50023)

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