NHER 13232 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of circular features of unknown date

1946.
Approximate site of 'several circles' seen by [1] who now suggests these were haystacks.
See (S1).
Information from A. Lawson (NAU).

1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography. At TL 5145 9545. See also NHER 35499.
Positive cropmarks.
23 x circular enclosures.
'Riley' circles.
Cropmarks of circles extended over most of field.
D. Voisey (NLA), 22 February 1995.

2012.
Site of at least twenty ring ditches seen by [2] as images on 'Google Earth'. Such ring ditches are a particular feature of the silt fen and are usually interpreted as 'stack stands'. The crop was stacked on the central embanked area or platforms and the external ring ditch helped to keep the area drained. They have usually been regarded as Roman in date, although a medieval date has also been suggested. Those mapped by the National Mapping Programme in the King's Lynn area seem to predominantly be of medieval to post medieval date. They were first recognised by Derek Riley (See S1).
Sophie Tremlett (HES) and A. Beckham (HES), 15 May 2012.