NHER 11646 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated enclosure, possible post medieval rabbit warren
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAINFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Soilmark on RAF vertical air photograph of subcircular enclosure, western side obscured by field boundary. Enclosure defined by pale bank (bank?) on south and east interrupted in three or four places: north and west sides not clear.
Dark line (ditch?) outside bank, clearest on south side, probable on north, possible on east.
Enclosure is about 100m across. Small pale blob in centre may be a mound.
Suggested as a Neolithic 'interrupted ditch enclosure'.
Located on edge of area shown on (S1) as 'Hainford Heath and Warren'.
Information from NCM.
1997. Aerial Photograph Interpretation.
Aerial photograph transcriptions by Royal Commission on the Historical Monument of England as part of the 'Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Project'.
These transcriptions do not support the idea that this is a causewayed enclosure; it is relatively small and continously ditched apart from a single possible entrance.
See publication (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 March 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 March 2017.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF12210 Aerial Photograph: TG 2218A-C.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S2> SNF53291 Publication: Barber, M., Oswald and Dyer, C. 2001. The Creation of Monuments: Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in the British Isles. pp 112, 153.
- <S3> SNF86456 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 196.
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Record last edited
Oct 20 2025 3:03PM