NHER 21754 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks (now levelled) of possible medieval to post medieval settlement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
31 January 1973. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs image.
Revised card.
List of sites gives deserted medieval village at this reference - no details.
Soilmark of ploughed out bank and ditch suggested by D. Edwards (NAU) as moat and other small enclosures to north. All in parish of Wendling and not partly in Fransham as previously suggested.
D. Edwards (NAU) 5 December 1985 and E. Rose (NAU) 25 August 1987.
NGR corrected from original TF 9299 1218.
M. Horlock (NLA) 7 April 2003.
December 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The possible medieval (or medieval to post medieval) settlement described above is visible as earthworks and soilmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S3) and visualised lidar data (S4). It is certainly feasible that the features relate to settlement, but their character is such that it is equally like that at least some of them are drainage features. The visualised lidar data (S4), from a 2017 survey, shows that the earthworks have for the most part been levelled.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 15 December 2023.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF10495 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP BLP 17.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5296-5297 30-MAR-1946.
- <S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/71046 V 090-091 11-APR-1971.
- <S3> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9212/C 31-JAN-1973 (CUCAP BLP17).
- <S4> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91SW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.
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Record last edited
Mar 27 2026 12:35PM