NHER 20689 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of modern agricultural pattern
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1982. Undated MAFF/ADAS air photograph (S1).
Cropmark. Appparent road or trackway- sinuous light mark with dark mark each side extending from junction with Peddars Way on Fring boundary. Note northwest grid reference is edge of photograph, NOT end of feature.
Not shown as road on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 21 September 1984.
[1] notes that this mark does not correspond with any road marked on any post medieval map or survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 September 1996.
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The curvilinear cropmark identified as a trackway at this location on (S1) is in fact agricultural in origin. The cropmark is part of a former envelope pattern caused by the way in which the field was ploughed. Other aerial photographs of various dates reveal that numerous fields in this area show envelope pattern cropmarks as two parallel linear marks, rather than as the more usual single lines.
J. Albone (NMP), 09 March 2006.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- 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. TF7334/ABH; -- (ADAS/MAAF (Cambridge) / ).
- <S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
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Record last edited
Mar 27 2026 3:32PM