NHER 36754 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of medieval to post medieval enclosures and fields

19 June 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Cropmarks of a trackway with rectilinear enclosures associated with it, to the south of the Salhouse Road, Woodbastwick.
Several positive anomalies within these enclosures and alongside the trackway may indicate sunken features, possibly relating to buildings or pit-like features.
This site appears to be part of the medieval settlement of Woodbastwick, indicating possible shrinkage or shifting of the village to its modern extent, situated mainly to the northeast.
A large circular positive anomaly surrounds the rectangular plantation. This may indicate the original shape and extent of the tree cover, although it may be a slight hollow or geological feature.
S. Massey (NLA) 14 August 2001.

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of enclosures and field boundaries of medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The central grid reference for these cropmarks has been amended from TG 3270 1488 to TG 3271 1483. A group of rectilinear enclosure cropmarks are present in the western part of this group along Salhouse Road. These range in size from 90m by 20m to 125m by 61m internally. The central part of the site is occupied by a rectangular plantation of post medieval date. This appears to be located in a sub-circular hollow with a diameter of approximately 200m. This hollow, which may represent a former natural mere or marsh, is surrounded on three sides by curvilinear ditch cropmarks indicating that it was still present in some form when the boundaries were laid out. To the north and east of the hollow are roughly rectangular fields, which correspond to the post medieval field pattern. Two parallel ditches, which are spaced 8.5m apart, are present between TG 3273 1498 and TG 3271 1492. These have the same alignment as the fields in the north of the group and may define a trackway or road that possibly continues around the western side of the hollow. This group of cropmarks is located on the southwestern edge of Woodbastwick village. It is likely that they relate to enclosures and fields of medieval to post medieval date. Cropmarks of modern land drains are also visible on (S2-S3) leading into the hollow, but were not mapped.
J. Albone (NMP) 12 October 2006