| Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.): | CRP 001 |
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| Unique number (MonUID): | MSF5372 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Parish: | CREETING ST PETER OR WEST CREETING, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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| NGR: | TM 0790 5655 |
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Summary
Circular moat levelled by bulldozer, November 1959, soilmark 90m E-W by 70m NW-SE, see details.
Monument Types
Associated Finds
- MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- VESSEL (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
| [M1] | (No record type): APs: ACZ 16, 17, ALD 16. (SSF42485) |
| [S1] | Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1959, PSIA, 28 pt 2, 1960, 162. (SSF50042) |
| [S2] | Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM05NE18. (SSF50032) |
| [M2] | Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service.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] | Map: 1839. Creeting St Peter Tithe Map and Apportionment. 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) |
| [S8] | Photograph: Farrands. Air Photograph. Farrands RH, AP, 1962. (SSF50023) |
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