NHER 38557 (Monument record) - Earthworks of post medieval water meadow

March 2004, Norfolk NMP
Three closely-spaced, parallel ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs from 1946 (S1), centred at TG 2227 3666. At the time of the photograph one of the ditches appears to have been in use as a drain. The proximity of the ditches to Hagon Beck, and their alignment in relation to this watercourse, is reminiscent of the herringbone pattern typical of post-medieval floated water meadows. Other water meadows have been recorded in the area (NHER 38498), and the ditches seem more closely spaced than the surrounding drainage features. They could, however, be associated with the medieval to post-medieval enclosures to their south and west (NHER 6747). They are not visible as a group on any subsequent aerial photographs and were presumably levelled some time after 1946.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 March 2004