NHER 1339 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ditch of unknown date

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Summary

Cropmarks of a right-angle shaped ditch can be seen on an early Crawford photograph housed at the NMR in Swindon. Its date and origin are unknown. It is not clear on any other photography, though it may be faintly visible on some RAF 1946 aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74SW
Civil Parish THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Rectangular cropmark on aerial photographs marked on (S1).
No indication as to which aerial photographs.
E. Rose (NAU).

The most likely candidate is the 1946 RAF photograph (S2). This does show a feature as indicated on the record map, but it is one of a series of such rectangles that occur all over fields in the area and seem to be due to some agricultural process.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 May 1996.

August 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a rightangle shaped ditch can be seen at TF7392 4266 on an early Crawford photograph (S3) housed at the NMR in Swindon; aerial photograph date unknown. The date and origin of the site are unknown. It is not clear on any other photography, though it may be faintly visible on some RAF 1946 aerial photographs (S2 to S4).
(This was mapped by Andy Miller/Abby Hunt for Suffolk County Council as part of the Norfolk and Suffolk Rapid Coastal assessment. However no record form was previously completed).
H. Clare (NMP), 16 September 2002.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Thornham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: Crawford. ???. NMR TF7343/4 (CCC) XX-XXX-XXXX.
  • <S1> Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
  • <S3> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3070 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7342B).
  • <S4> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3043,4012 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7443A-B).

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2022 7:48AM

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