Monument record MDS 077 - Home Field (Tithe Map) OS 6

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Summary

Moat, probably rectangular, filled in, two ponds surviving.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1178 6612 (75m by 67m) Centred on
Map sheet TM16NW
Civil Parish MENDLESHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Moat, probably rectangular, filled in, two ponds surviving. Unoccupied, isolated, on parish boundary (S3).
Med scatter found by R Colchester during fieldwalking survey. Finds consisted of one C13 sherd, one C13/C14 sherd and ten Med sherds (S1) (S2).

On the Tithe Map of 1839 the field is named "Home Field" with the pond shown, but nothing to suggest a moat. (S4)

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <M1> (No record type): Mendlesham survey archive : copy (S1) (S2).
  • <S1> (No record type): Colchester R, Mendlesham survey record sheet, site 77, 1973.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Colchester R. c. 1977. A landscape history of the parish of Mendlesham.
  • <M2> Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. AP : SAU ADF 30, 31.
  • <S3> (No record type): SAU, AP, ADF 30, 31.
  • <S4> Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jun 16 2021 11:52AM

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