NHER 24136 (Monument record) - Medieval ridge and furrow on west side of island
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1987. Several fields, west side of island.
Ridge and furrow.
Information from R. Silvester (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 13 November 1987.
8 July 1988 and 23 February 1989.
Earthworks of ridge and furrow visible on NAU air photographs.
D. Edwards (NAU).
1996. Earthwork Survey.
The area survey comprises the largest surviving block of medieval ridge and furrow in Norfolk, totalling almost 19 hectares. Most of the strips are aligned east to west, essentially downslope but a good headland bank separates these from a north to south area in the extreme south of the site where the strips are best preserved and most curving on the site. An access trackway exists to the east of much of the east to west features, in part coinciding with a former headland as some of the ridges convincingly join to it.
See report (S2) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S3) and the survey is also noted in (S4).
B. Cushion (NLA), March 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 March 2015.
8 May 1998. NLA air photography.
Earthworks of extensive ridge and furrow still visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 22 November 2001.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF13674 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FENS.
- --- SNF50648 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1998. TF 6197AA - AB, AJ - AW.
- --- SNF13202 Aerial Photograph: TL6197 C-E,F-K,T-V; TF6198 D-F; TL 6198 C; TL 6197 P-S.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- <S2> SNF92818 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1996. Hilgay SMR24136. Earthwork Survey Report.
- <S3> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 201.
- <S4> SNF66779 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 553.
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Record last edited
Jun 29 2016 9:45AM