NHER 34947 (Monument record) - Undated earthworks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 1999. Field Observation.
Trapezoidal enclosure shown on OS maps.
2000. Visited.
A banked outline about 0.5m high was noted, with traces of an external ditch.
The Southern boundary has the base of a flint wall within the low bank, and a probably modern boundary post (number 25) near is eastern end.
Inside the enclosure are further banks sub-dividing the central/east portion into yards and possible building outlines. Seen as overgrown and degraded earthworks. Probable stock enclosure, sheep fold and poor preservation suggests 19th century or earlier.
L shaped bank in west is part of a tree enclosure shown on early OS maps.
Sketch plot in file.
B. Cushion (NLA) 11 January 2000.
February 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The site was confirmed as a likely post medieval stock enclosure on aerial photographs (S1-S3), and as its location was already recorded and it is visible on historic maps, it was not mapped. A previously unrecorded enclosure was visible 368 m to the south (NHER 54593).
E. Bales (NMP) 02 Feb 2011.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF70088 Unpublished Document: Sibbett, N., Taylor, M. and Nickson, B.. 2008. Brettenham Heath National Nature Reserve Management Plan, January 2008-January 2013.
- <S1> SNF79857 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1918 3098-9 09-JAN-1947 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF79858 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/651 3271-2 24-APR-1951 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF79859 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1993. OS/93334 021-2 07-JUN-1993 (NMR).
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Record last edited
May 29 2025 9:10AM