NHER 27035 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Post medieval or modern drainage ditches

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Summary

Post medieval or modern drainage ditches, which are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF84SW
Civil Parish BURNHAM NORTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Two sections of ditch are visible as earthworks at TF 83 44 on 1946 aerial photography (S1 & S2).
One is about 100m long and one is about 350m long. The shorter, more northerly, ditch shows up slightly better as an earthwork, while the other one is less clear. Given the location of this land (near the coast and saltmarshes), it seems most likely that these features are modern drainage ditches, especially as they are not depicted on the historic maps for this area. Although these can be seen to be cut by field boundaries so are likely to be at least post medieval in date.
A. Hunt (Suffolk CC NMP), 1 February 2001.

  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 Frames 4098-4099 16-APR-1946.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK 1571 Frames 4026-4027 7-JUN-1946.

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Record last edited

Feb 18 2025 10:57AM

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