NHER 28825 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Medieval to post medieval track and enclosures

Field east of Fritton Church.
1978. Aerial photography.
Cropmarks of enclosures and ?trackway (S1).
E.Rose (NLA), 20 February 1992.

The central grid reference has changed from TG 4743 0013 to TG 4733 0021.

December 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a series of medieval to post medieval boundaries and a track or road leading to Fritton Old Hall (NHER 10505) are visible on aerial photographs (S2-S4). This road or track is marked on the 1838 Fritton Tithe map (S5). It runs from the end of Church Lane towards Fritton Hall to the southeast. The association with the Church could suggest a medieval origin for the track and the hall was originally a timber framed house of about 1540. The central part of the road or track is visible as a parchmark (S4). To the immediate north of the former road or track is a series of rectilinear and rectangular enclosures, which are likely to be former field boundaries. A number of these boundaries run parallel or perpendicular to the surrounding post medieval field pattern. These boundaries are cut by the modern route of Church Lane, which leads to Decoy Farm to the east. It is also possible that the boundaries located in the immediate proximity of the Hall relate to the layout of the grounds. The slight earthwork of a broad L-shaped ditch to the east of the hall (S1) would definitely appear to part of the Hall grounds. To the south of Church Lane are additional cropmark field boundaries, again parallel and perpendicular to the post medieval field and road layout. A number of pits are also visible.
S. Massey (NMP), 01 December 2006.

March 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems project.
The site described above was included in the dataset analysed for the Historic England-funded Assessment of East Anglian Field Systems project. See the project report (S6) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 22 March 2023.