NHER 36709 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of undated enclosures and linear features, and medieval ring ditches

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Summary

Aerial photography from 1996 records the cropmarks of linear features, enclosures and circular marks. The circular marks, which look like faint and narrow ring ditches, are probably the remains of 'stack stands' or 'Riley circles'; circular ditches of a broadly medieval date, presumably used to provide local drainage around small haystacks etc.

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Location

Map sheet TL59NW
Civil Parish UPWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

22 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Cropmarks of linear features, enclosures and circular marks are visible.
The circular marks (faint/narrow ring ditches) are, in the main, probably the remains of 'stack stands' (sometimes called Riley circles), circular ditches of a broadly medieval date, and were presumably to provide local drainage around small haystacks etc.
H. Clare (NLA), 10 January 2002.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TL 5098L - S, Y; TL 5097S; TL 5197K, P.

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2017 4:23PM

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