NHER 36420 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Medieval or post medieval features

15 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Series of cropmarks and slight parchmarks between Sankence Barn and the main house.
These consist of a rectilinear enclosure to the immediate east of the barn. This appears to have a parchmark on the inside of the ditch, suggesting a walled or banked area. A second parched linear runs parallel to this to the south. A similar feature (parched line flanked by two ditches) runs from southwest to northeast, again this may be a wall, although this feature turns off into a T junction, suggesting it is more likely a compacted or surfaced pathway. Several rectangular positive anomalies can be seen along this feature, these appear to be sunken areas, maybe where structures of gardens were located. These features appear to be related to building or garden layouts, probably relating to Sankence House or possibly an earlier arrangement. The cropmarks are likely to be medieval or post medieval.
S. Massey (NLA), 11 October 2001.

March 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A series of banks, ditches and pits (see above), of an unknown, but probable medieval to post medieval date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features may relate to garden features or boundaries associated with Sankence House (approximately 155m to the east). It is also possible that the features may relate to a wider area of multi-phase boundaries recorded within the vicinity (NHER 64292). Two pit features (centred at approximately TG 1718 2591 and TG 1721 2593) are visible on S2. It is uncertain as to whether the pit features are archaeological in origin or relate to geological features, the cropmarks of which are also visible across the area (S2). Therefore, the two pits have been mapped by extent. The aerial photographs referenced above (S1) were unavailable for consultation at the time of this project.The monument polygon has been slightly amended.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 30 March 2023.