NHER 18916 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork, cropmark and soilmark of undated palaeochannel

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Summary

An undated palaeochannel, previously interpreted as a trackway, is visible as an earthwork, as cropmarks and as soilmarks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. The feature appears to be entirely of natural origin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF83NW
Civil Parish STANHOE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

10 August 1978. Aerial photography by Aerial Archaeology Foundation (S1).
Positive cropmarks.
Cropmarks of two parallel ditches of a trackway, crossing two fields and continuing line of associated field boundary to north.
Compiled by D. Edwards (NAU), 14 February 1983.

September 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The undated trackway described above appears to instead be a natural palaeochannel, visible as cropmarks and soilmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S2), and as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S3). As it is a natural feature it has not been mapped by the project. The Monument Polygon defining the site has been amended to reflect its location on the visualised lidar data and digital aerial sources. These show that the feature extends beyond this area to the west and northeast, forming part of a wider network of former channels.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22 September 2025.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8038/J-L 10-AUG-1978 (Aerial Archaeology Foundation 183/15-16, 18).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2007 ACCESSED 22-SEP-2025.
  • <S3> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF83NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2026 4:49PM

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