NHER 18556 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks of probably medieval to post medieval trackway or hollow way
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF83NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
15 April 1977. Aerial photography.
Earthworks. Hollow way, connecting with mapped trackway.
D. Edwards (NAU) 15 October 1982.
December 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The trackway or hollow way described above, which is of probable medieval to post medieval date, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1-S3) and visualised lidar data (S4). It was mapped principally from the visualised lidar data. The earthworks correspond with a trackway depicted on the Tithe Map (S5; it is not known if this is the same map as that referred to above), and mirrored in a sparse line of trees depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S6). The routeway appears to cut across other earthworks (NHER 70099), including possible enclosures and ridge and furrow, also thought to be of medieval to post medieval date, so a later, post medieval date for the hollow way is perhaps more likely. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 7 December 2025.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF11259 Aerial Photograph: TF 8735A-D; TF 8635 C-E.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8735/A-D 15-APR-1977 (Aerial Archaeology Foundation 111/13-16).
- <S2> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8636/C-D 18-MAR-1988 (NLA 198/DUH12-13).
- <S3> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2007 Accessed 07-DEC-2025.
- <S4> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF83NE & TF83SE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
- <S5> SNF55645 Map: Bircham, W.G.. 1839. South Creake Tithe Map.
- <S6> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2026 12:26PM