NHER 25387 (Monument record) - Medieval ridge and furrow

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Summary

Cropmarks and earthworks of medieval ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs.The earthworks had been levelled by 1988.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NW
Civil Parish RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1988.
Cropmarks of ridge and furrow noted on a 1946 RAF aerial photograph by R. Silvester (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 7 August 1989.

June 1946.
RAF aerial photograph shows as earthworks in grassland, now arable.
B. Cushion (NLA) 8 January 1998.

February 2008. Norfolk NMP
Earthworks and cropmarks of medieval ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). Earthworks of roughly southwest to northeast aligned ridge and furrow are present in a polygonal field. The ridges in the eastern part of the field appear to be broader than those in the west. Earthworks of several linear ditches are also visible in the southern part of the same field. To the west of this field are cropmarks of west to east aligned ridge and furrow. Both of these fields were under arable cultivation in 1988 and no earthworks were visible at the site (S3).
J. Albone (NMP), 22 February 2008.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1601 4008-4009 25-JUN-1946.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944-1950. Norfolk Air Photo Library: RAF National Air Survey Vertical Collection. TF6209/A, TF6308/A; 27-JUN-1946 (RAF/106G/UK/1606 6335-6336).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. Norfolk Air Photo Library: BKS 1988 Vertical Survey (Commissioned by Norfolk County Council). 1323: 06-AUG-1988 (BKS/9743).

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Mar 25 2025 4:14PM

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