Monument record MTF 014 - Fox's Farm (site of) (Med)

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Summary

'Fox's Farm' (site of).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3047 7924 (64m by 66m)
Map sheet TM37NW
Civil Parish METFIELD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

'Fox's Farm' (site of). Moat.
1839: Small farm owned by Charles Fox, occupied by John Canham, from Tithe Apportionment. Small farmhouse made of clay lump under pantiled roof with a cellar, later converted into 2 cottages and now demolished. Moat survives, partly water-filled, NW corner filled in. Site now used as a drainage contractor's yard. Originally rectangular and on the edge of Metfield Common. C14-C15 and some PMed pottery recovered from the small triangular field adjacent to the W side of the moat (S1).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): Hardy M J, 1984.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk 1983, PSIA, 35, 1984, (4), 324.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk 1984, PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 48.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 17 1985 12:00AM

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