NHER 35453 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks and cropmarks of possible medieval field boundaries or post medieval drainage ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOW BEDON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks/soilmarks.
Ditch(s).
See (S1) in file.
D. Voisey (NLA) 19 January 1995.
October 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Aerial photographs (S2-S6) show the earthworks and, later, cropmarks, of several possible field boundaries or drainage ditches to the southwest of Stowbedon Hall. The earthworks and cropmarks are centred on TL 9650 9426. It is possible that these linear ditches represent medieval to post medieval strip field boundaries, as suggested in the corresponding NMR record (TL 99 SE18), however it is also likely that they relate to post medieval drainage ditches, as the majority appear to run north south, perpendicular to an east-west drain marked on the Ordnance Survey map, and at least one runs east-west into a drainage channel to the west.
E. Ford (NMP), 31 October 2012.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF47671 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76-018-77.
- --- SNF47672 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76-018-78.
- --- SNF47673 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76018 79.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 SE 18.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57563 Drawing: Voisey, D.. 1995. Cropmark transcriptions compiled from the Norfolk Air Photo Library Ordnance Survey Collection.
- <S2> SNF85573 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Crawford. Unknown. TL 9593/1 CCC11752/1788 XX-XXX-XXXX (NMR).
- <S3> SNF85670 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6184-5 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF85672 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5368-9 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF85482 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS/76018 077-8 19-APR-1976 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF85900 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL/76042 101-2 10-JUN-1976 (NMR).
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Record last edited
Feb 20 2026 12:28PM