NHER 30850 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of possible to medieval to post medieval settlement features, field boundaries, enclosures and drainage

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Summary

Earthworks possibly relating to medieval to post medieval settlement features, field boundaries, enclosures and drainage are visible on the Norfolk Historic Maps - RAF Aerial Photography layer. The majority of the features are subsequently levelled and are visible as cropmarks on later aerial photographs. Some of the features also appear to survive as very low earthworks on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2022.

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Map sheet TF80NE
Civil Parish HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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5 June 1973. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks. Sub-rectangular enclosures.
Tracing attached as this shows more than the oblique photos.
D. Voisey (NLA), 31 July 1995.

23 July 1992. NLA air photography.
Cropmark of rectangular enclosures underlying field division.
D. Edwards (NLA), 1994.

March 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Earthworks possibly relating to medieval to post medieval settlement features, field boundaries, enclosures and drainage are visible on the Norfolk Historic Maps - RAF Aerial Photography layer (S4). The majority of the features are subsequently levelled and are visible as cropmarks on later aerial photographs (S5). Some of the features also appear to survive as very low earthworks on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2022 (S6).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 17 March 2026

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  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: TF 8707 A-C.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: OS 73-243-048.
  • <S3> Aerial Photograph: OS 73-243-049.
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF Aerial Photographs accessed via Norfolk Historic Maps (www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 17-MAR-2026.
  • <S6> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF80NE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2022 TO 24-NOV-2022.

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Mar 17 2026 4:50PM

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