NHER 19534 (Monument record) - Probable medieval to post medieval ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ORMESBY ST MARGARET WITH SCRATBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | ORMESBY ST MICHAEL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
18 July 1979. Air photography (S1).
Positive cropmarks.
Linear cropmarks.
D. Edwards (NAU), 29 September 1983.
December 2005. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 489 152 to TG 4897 1527.
A group of linear ditches, probably representing former field boundaries and similar agricultural features, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1) to (S4). They are undated but many of them share the same orientation as field boundaries and trackways visible to their south (NHER 27263) which are likely to be of medieval to post medieval date. Some of these overlie a ring ditch (NHER 42237), probably the site of a Bronze Age barrow. Other ditches, oriented approximately north to south (e.g. the ditch visible between TG 4893 1533 and TG 4889 1524) seem to fit the pattern of enclosure depicted on 19th century and modern maps, such as the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map (S5), and these are likely to date to the late post medieval or modern period.
It should be noted that due to a lack of suitable control points the rectification of photograph (S1) was poor, and that consequently the accuracy of the mapping may have been reduced.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 December 2005.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF13060 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (AAF). 1979. NHER TG 4815B (AAF 193/16) 18-JUL-1979.
- <S2> SNF59907 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1973. CUCAP (BOB69) 05-JUL-1973 SNF13062 Aerial Photograph TG4818 A, OS AP 72 018 103, 104; TG4819 A,F-G; CUCAP BOB 88=TG4819B,C.
- <S3> SNF59910 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 4915B (NLA 72/AMR15) 17-JUL-1979.
- <S4> SNF59949 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TG 4815E (NLA 184/DCX5) 29-JUL-1986.
- <S5> SNF59950 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet LIV. 14. 25" to 1'.
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2019 12:45PM