NHER 32308 (Monument record) - Earthworks of post medieval or earlier enclosures and possible toft, Browick

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Summary

A series of enclosures and a possible toft, of post medieval and possibly earlier date, survive as earthworks in grassland. The enclosures are depicted on the Enclosure Map of 1806, which they are believed to pre-date. The northern boundary of the site may have marked the edge of a former common to their north. The earthworks are also visible on aerial photographs and Lidar.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1997. Ditches, banks and scarps forming a series of field boundaries mostly seen on Enclosure Award map of 1806, although thought to pre-date it. One possible toft to north-west of existing cottage, or possibly an extension of its garden. The northern boundary feature is probable common edge.
Earthwork survey to follow.
B. Cushion (NLA), January 1997.

February 1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000.
Two medieval unglazed sandy sherds. Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
See report (S1) for further details and copy of plan (S8). This survey is also noted in (S9).
B. Cushion (NLA), April 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

Under excellent grassland, with one or two old parkland trees. Unploughed in living memory.
H. Paterson (A&E), 16 December 1998.

May 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The enclosures and possible toft described above, which are presumed to be of post medieval or earlier date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, centred at TG 1314 0138. Photographs (S2)-(S4) show them most clearly, and their plan has also been captured by an Environment Agency Lidar survey (S5). Although the photographs and Lidar are useful for the purposes of comparison, they add little to the known plan and interpretation of the site, as recorded by the earthwork survey and report described above (S1). They have not been mapped therefore by the NMP, although the monument polygon defining the limits of the site has been adjusted to more closely reflect the extent of the features.
It is also worth noting that one of the enclosures along the eastern side of the site (centred at TG 1320 0132) corresponds with the western end of a field shown on the Tithe Map (S6) which extends east of the modern boundary that truncates the enclosures into the adjacent field, where it is visible as soilmarks on aerial photographs (S7). This perhaps gives some indication as to the original size and shape of the enclosures, at least in the later post medieval period. Earthworks visible on the same aerial photographs in the next adjacent field to the east (centred at TG 1354 0134) appear to relate to drainage. Neither these nor the soilmarks have been mapped.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 May 2011.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Wymondham (Browick) SMR 32308. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 9193-4 06-AUG-1988 (NCC 2372-3).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92336 071-2 11-JUN-1992.
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-1999 Accessed 11-MAY-2011.
  • <S5> Map: Environment Agency. 2001. LIDAR TG1200 LAST RETURN 26-NOV-2001 © Environment Agency.
  • <S6> Map: Bircham, W.G.. 1839. Wymondham Tithe Map.
  • <S7> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6209 (F22) 0040-1 11-MAR-1964 (NMR).
  • <S8> Illustration: Cushion, B. 1997. Plan of earthworks at Wymondham SMR 32308. Film. 1:1000.
  • <S9> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 209.
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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