Monument record EYE 029 - Town Moor
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Summary
Wide ?drainage channels showing on AP to SW of Eye, on edge of `island' (S1).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 144 736 (271m by 236m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM17SW |
| Civil Parish | EYE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Wide ?drainage channels showing on AP to SW of Eye, on edge of `island' (S1). Some of the wide channels are represented on the 1:10560 map (S2) as relatively narrow ditches - presumably retention of routes of older channels. Suggested by Scarfe (R1) that `Town Moor may have been an artificial `mere', similar to that at Framlingham.... This may have provided material for the motte and the heightening of the inner bailey (of the castle - see EYE 016), would have narrowed the neck of the peninsular created by the River Dove and its tributary and may have been used as a fishpond as at Framlingham (S3).
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF12651 (No record type): OS, 1:10560 map, TM 17 SW, circa 1958.
- <R1> SSF21044 (No record type): Scarfe N, The Suffolk Landscape, 1972.
- <M1> SSF43435 (No record type): AP: NAU TM 1473/D/AJG 11.
- <S2> SSF11738 (No record type): NAU, AP, TM 1473/D/AJG11, 21/7/1977.
- <S3> SSF17501 (No record type): RCHME, Eye Castle, Eye, Suffolk: An Archaeological survey, July 1994.
- <S4> SSF50249 Photograph: Norfolk Archaeological Unit. Air photograph. TM 144 736 / JEQ8-11, 24/7/1992.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2015 3:09PM