NHER 38856 (Monument record) - Linear ditches of possible Iron Age or Roman date

October 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Three linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2561 3917. The easternmost ditch overlies, or is overlain by, a rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age or early Roman date (NHER 38854). The alignment of the ditches suggests that they are also unrelated to a second possible enclosure of similar date (NHER 38855). The fact that this alignment is at odds with that of the field pattern depicted on historic Ordnance Survey maps (S2) suggests that the ditches pre-date the later post medieval period at least.

The ditches are visible across an area measuring approximately 200m by 98m. The longest is visible for a distance of 85m, albeit with several breaks in its length. They are unevenly spaced between 48m and (if the line of the easternmost ditch is projected) 85m apart.
(S1 to S2)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 18 October 2004.