NHER 36768 (Monument record) - Possible post medieval stack stands

28 June1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of three small ring ditches are visible in a linear alignment at NGR TG 4277 2661. They may be Bronze Age barrows although they are extremely small (S1).
Several linear features are visible, some of which are probably field boundaries.
At TG 4290 2667 there appears to be a cluster of pits.
S. Massey (NLA), 17 September 2001.

THE LINEAR FEATURES AND FIELD BOUNDARIES PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED WITHIN THIS SITE ARE NOW RECORDED UNDER NHER 36133 AND 42079. THE CENTRAL POINT FOR THE SITE HAS BEEN ALTERED FROM TG 4283 2667 TO TG 4277 2660.

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a row of at least three, possibly four, small ring ditches of unknown definite date are visible on aerial photographs to the south of Church Road, Sea Palling (S1). The site is centred on TG 4277 2660. These features are located on the edge of a complex area of cropmarks (NHER 36133), which predominantly date to the medieval and post medieval periods, consisting of field and property enclosures, a trackway and boundaries. The three clearest ring ditches are all 6.5m in diameter. A fourth possible incomplete ring ditch may be visible on the western end of the group, although this is not as clear as the others. The most likely interpretation for these features is that they are medieval or post medieval stack stands given their size, regular shape and context. The size range of this ring ditch falls just within the general range of other circular features identified as possible stack stands from aerial photographs (S2, p553-4). The almost identical plan and spacing would appear to suggest that they are not the remains of Bronze Age barrows, although it remains a possibility.
S. Massey (NMP), 31 September 2005.