NHER 35108 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated banks, ditches and probable quarry pits

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Summary

The earthworks of a causeway, a bank and possible building platforms, all of unknown date, were identified during a site visit in 2000. A variety of linear banks and ditches, and a series of probable quarry pits are visible in the same area as earthworks and vegetation marks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. Some of the features visible on the aerial sources are probably the same features as those originally recorded. The suggested ‘causeway’ probably equates to a linear ditch visible on the visualised lidar data, which itself corresponds to a trackway marked on an historical Ordnance Survey map and visible still in use on 1940s aerial photographs. The function of the other features is more uncertain, but most appear likely to be of post medieval to modern date. No evidence of building platforms was identified on the aerial sources. As the lidar survey and the aerial photographs are of relatively recent date it is probable that the earthworks still survive.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF83NE
Civil Parish NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February 2000. In narrow north to south meadows to west of church.
A causeway with flanking banks leads directly west, opposite church.
Further south, to south of present track is a bank and probable building platforms at west edge of field.
Viewed from B1355.
B. Cushion (NLA), 24 February 2000.

February 2026. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
A variety of linear banks and ditches, and a series of probable quarry pits are visible in the same area as the causeway, banks and possible building platforms described above. The mapped features are visible predominantly as earthworks on visualised lidar data (S1), but some elements were visible as earthworks or vegetation marks on aerial photographs (S2-S3) as well (or, in the case of one feature, instead). Some of the mapped features are probably the same features as those described above. The suggested ‘causeway’ probably equates to a linear ditch visible on the visualised lidar data, which itself corresponds to a trackway marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S4) and visible still in use on 1940s aerial photographs (such as S5). The function of the other features is more uncertain, but most appear likely to be of post medieval to modern date. No evidence of building platforms was identified on the aerial sources. As the lidar survey and the aerial photographs are of relatively recent date it is probable that the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3 February 2026.

  • <S1> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF83NE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF8537 17-JUL-2022.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 19-APR-2023 Accessed 03-FEB-2026.
  • <S4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/402 RP 3226-3227 18-JUN-1945.

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Record last edited

Feb 3 2026 2:18PM

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