Monument record BTT 005 - Popples Farm (Med)

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Summary

Moat - remains of.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9530 5271 (112m by 111m)
Map sheet TL95SE
Civil Parish BRETTENHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Moat - remains of. L-shaped, SW corner wet, now a duckpond. Contiguous with W wall of C16 building. No further evidence. Isolated, 450m from parish boundary, circa 2,250m from church (S1).
TL 952 526: iron stirrup C13/C14 (S2).
Also several Rom coins found when moat cleaned out by tenant, W Bull, (S3)(R2).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL95SE6.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S3).
  • <R1> Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 606.
  • <R2> (No record type): Warner Sir Courtenay, notes on the Brettenham Estate.
  • <S2> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1972-116, 1972.
  • <S3> (No record type): Copinger-Hill Rev H, `Part of the Peddar Way in Suffolk', PSIA, 18, 1924, 220.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Sep 19 2014 12:55PM

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