NHER 25143 (Monument record) - Earthworks of probable post medieval ridge and furrow features

In angle of old railway and embankment of Wootton Mineral Railway.
Ridge and furrow.
Visible on Ordnance Survey coastal aerial photographs 1967, and seen on ground by [1] Probably medieval according to R. Silvester (NAU), from aerial photograph.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 March 1989.

March 1991.
Ridge and furrow very broad. Some twelve ridges standing to about 0.3m. Whole area crisscrossed by low earthworks, enclosures, and probable dry stream beds. Under healthy grasss cover
Site form in file.
H. Paterson (A&E), March 1991.

April 1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:2500, suggesting features are not ridge and furrow.
See report (S2) for further details and copy of plan (S3). This work was also noted in (S4).
B. Cushion (NLA) April 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 March 2015.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks are confined within a sub-triangular area with a relict saltmarsh channel to the south and west and a saltern mound (NHER 27093) to the north. The ridges and furrows are markedly straight and relatively narrow, aligned in an approximately east to west direction. The area was probably saltmarsh, and utilised for the salt production industry up until the late medieval period. These features probably post-date the salterns and sea defence banks to the west, and are probably Post-medieval in date. This is almost certainly for agricultural purposes, and may represent a localised phenomenon for a particular crop that requires particular conditions.
See also site NHER 27090.
M. Brennand (NMP), 18 October 2002.